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Pristionchus pacificus : a nematode model for comparative and evolutionary biology

Title
Pristionchus pacificus : a nematode model for comparative and evolutionary biology / edited by Ralf J. Sommer.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.

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Additional Authors
Sommer, Ralf J., 1963-
Description
xvii, 420 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.
Series Statement
Nematology monographs and perspectives ; volume 11
Uniform Title
Nematology monographs and perspectives ; v. 11.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
1. Why Caenorhabditis elegans is great and Pristionchus pacificus might be better / Paul W. Sternberg -- 2. Integrative evolutionary biology and mechanistic approaches in comparative biology / Ralf J. Sommer -- 3. Diplogastrid systematics and phylogeny / Natsumi Kanzaki and Robin M. Giblin-Davis -- 4. Taxonomy and and natural history : the genus Pristionchus / Erik J. Ragsdale, Natsumi Kanzaki and Matthias Herrmann -- 5. The laboratory model : genetics, genetic mapping and transgenics / Laura Aurilio and Jagan Srinivasan -- 6. Comparative and functional genomics / Christian Rödelsperger and Christoph Dieterich -- 7. Small-molecule signalling : encoding biological information in chemical structures / Frank C. Schroeder -- 8. Population genetics and the La Réunion case study / Angela McGaughran and Katy Morgan -- 9. Evo-devo and developmental systems adrift : an evolving paradigm in organ formation and tissue coordination, vulva and gonad development in Pristionchus pacificus / David Rudel -- 10. Dauer formation and dauer-specific behaviours in Pristionchus pacificus / Akira Ogawa and Federico Brown -- 11. Mouth dimorphism and the evolution of novelty and diversity / Erik J. Ragsdale -- 12. Pristionchus pacificus olfaction / Ray L. Hong -- 13. Anatomy and connectivity in the pharyngeal nervous system / Dan Bumbarger and Metta Riebesell -- 14. Bacterial interactions and the innate immune system / Amit Sinha and Robbie Rae.
ISBN
  • 9789004260290
  • 9004260293
  • 9782015000350
  • 2015000356
  • 2015000351 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9789004260306 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2015000351
  • 99967491463
  • 40025023712
OCLC
  • ocn904505666
  • 904505666
  • SCSB-5849741
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Columbia University Libraries