Bacterial fatty acids enhance recovery from the dauer larva in Caenorhabditis elegans.

The dauer larva is a specialized dispersal stage in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that allows the animal to survive starvation for an extended period of time. The dauer does not feed, but uses chemosensation to identify new food sources and to determine whether to resume reproductive growth. B...

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Main Authors: Tiffany K Kaul, Pedro Reis Rodrigues, Ifedayo V Ogungbe, Pankaj Kapahi, Matthew S Gill
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e4f62b0bdd6a48dfb7d89358c5e551d9
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