Genetics and Developmental Biology

A Variant in the Neuropeptide Receptor npr-1 is a Major Determinant of Caenorhabditis elegans Growth and Physiology. Andersen EC, Bloom JS, Gerke JP, and Kruglyak L. PLoS Genetics. 2014 February 27;10:2. Chromosome-scale selective sweeps shape Caenorhabditis elegans genomic diversity. Andersen EC, Gerke JP, Shapiro JA, Crissman JR, Ghosh R, Bloom JS, Félix M-A, and Kruglyak L. Nature Genetics. 2012 March;44(3):285-290. Natural Variation in a Chloride Channel Subunit Confers Avermectin Resistance in C. elegans. Ghosh R, Andersen EC, Shapiro JA, Gerke JP, and Kruglyak L. Science. 2012 February 3;335(6068):574-578. A polymorphism in npr-1 is a behavioral determinant of pathogen susceptibility in C. elegans. Reddy KC, Andersen EC, Kruglyak L, Kim DH. Science. 2009 January 16;323(5912):382-4.