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Title:		Behavioural genetics: worms seek that old beetle smell
Author(s):		Sokolowski MB; Fitzpatrick MJ;
Address:		"Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada. marla.sokolowski@utoronto.ca"
Journal Title:		Curr Biol
Year:		2008
Volume:		18
Issue:		11
Page Number:		R480 - R482
DOI:		10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.038
ISSN/ISBN:		0960-9822 (Print) 0960-9822 (Linking)
Abstract:		Some nematodes eavesdrop on pheromonal signals to sniff out their elderly beetle hosts. This turns out to be yet another behaviour regulated by cGMP/PKG signalling
Keywords:		Animals Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/genetics Coleoptera/*parasitology Cyclic GMP/metabolism Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/genetics/metabolism Helminth Proteins/*genetics Nematoda/*genetics/physiology Pheromones/*physiology Signal Transduction/p;
Notes:		"MedlineSokolowski, Marla B Fitzpatrick, Mark J eng England 2008/06/05 Curr Biol. 2008 Jun 3; 18(11):R480-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.038"