| Title: | Mating pheromones of Nematoda: olfactory signaling with physiological consequences |
| Author(s): | Leighton DH; Sternberg PW; |
| Address: | "HHMI and Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena 91125, USA. HHMI and Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena 91125, USA. Electronic address: pws@caltech.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.conb.2016.04.008 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-6882 (Electronic) 0959-4388 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Secreted pheromones have long been known to influence mating in the phylum Nematoda. The study of nematode sexual behavior has greatly benefited in the last decade from the genetic and neurobiological tools available for the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, as well as from the chemical identification of many pheromones secreted by this species. The discovery that nematodes can influence one another's physiological development and stress responsiveness through the sharing of pheromones, in addition to simply triggering sexual attraction, is particularly striking. Here we review recent research on nematode mating pheromones, which has been conducted predominantly on C. elegans, but there are beginning to be parallel studies in other species" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Caenorhabditis elegans/physiology Nematoda/*physiology Sex Attractants/*physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal/physiology;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineLeighton, Daniel Hw Sternberg, Paul W eng Review England 2016/05/24 Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2016 Jun; 38:119-24. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.04.008. Epub 2016 May 21" |
