The Natural Biotic Environment of Caenorhabditis elegans

H Schulenburg, MA Félix - Genetics, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Organisms evolve in response to their natural environment. Consideration of natural
ecological parameters are thus of key importance for our understanding of an organism's …

Life-history evolution and the polyphenic regulation of somatic maintenance and survival

T Flatt, GV Amdam, TBL Kirkwood… - The Quarterly review …, 2013‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Here we discuss life-history evolution from the perspective of adaptive phenotypic plasticity,
with a focus on polyphenisms for somatic maintenance and survival. Polyphenisms are …

Parallel evolution of domesticated Caenorhabditis species targets pheromone receptor genes

PT McGrath, Y Xu, M Ailion, JL Garrison, RA Butcher… - Nature, 2011‏ - nature.com
Evolution can follow predictable genetic trajectories, indicating that discrete environmental
shifts can select for reproducible genetic changes,,. Conspecific individuals are an important …

Evolution of the Caenorhabditis elegans Genome

AD Cutter, A Dey, RL Murray - Molecular biology and evolution, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
A fundamental problem in genome biology is to elucidate the evolutionary forces
responsible for generating nonrandom patterns of genome organization. As the first …

SEXUAL PARTNERS FOR THE STRESSED: FACULTATIVE OUTCROSSING IN THE SELF-FERTILIZING NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

LT Morran, BJ Cappy, JL Anderson, PC Phillips - Evolution, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
Sexual reproduction shuffles genetic variation, potentially enhancing the evolutionary
response to environmental change. Many asexual organisms respond to stress by …

Selection and gene flow shape niche-associated variation in pheromone response

D Lee, S Zdraljevic, DE Cook, L Frézal… - Nature Ecology & …, 2019‏ - nature.com
From quorum sensing in bacteria to pheromone signalling in social insects, chemical
communication mediates interactions among individuals in local populations. In …

[PDF][PDF] Physiological mechanisms and the evolution of plasticity

CC Ledón-Rettig, EJ Ragsdale - Phenotypic plasticity & evolution, 2021‏ - library.oapen.org
Phenotypic plasticity is fundamentally a physiological phenomenon. Whether the phenotypic
outcome of plasticity is the preservation of form ('homeostasis'), fleeting change, more …

Phenotypic plasticity and remodeling in the stress‐induced Caenorhabditis elegans dauer

RJ Androwski, KM Flatt… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Organisms are often capable of modifying their development to better suit their environment.
Under adverse conditions, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans develops into a stress …

Nematode biphasic 'boom and bust'dynamics are dependent on host bacterial load while linking dauer and mouth‐form polyphenisms

T Renahan, WS Lo, MS Werner… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cross‐kingdom interactions involve dynamic processes that shape terrestrial ecosystems
and represent striking examples of co‐evolution. The multifaceted relationships of …

Multigenic Natural Variation Underlies Caenorhabditis elegans Olfactory Preference for the Bacterial Pathogen Serratia marcescens

EE Glater, MV Rockman… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans can use olfaction to discriminate among different
kinds of bacteria, its major food source. We asked how natural genetic variation contributes …