Interacting genes in nematode dauer larva formation.
The dauer larva of Caenorhabditis elegans is a developmentally arrested stage induced by starvation or overcrowding. Mutant genes controlling the ability to form dauer larvae interact in a way which allows them to be ordered in a pathway. Mutant phenotypes suggest that the pathway corresponds to neural processing of environmental stimuli.
D002107:Caenorhabditis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D004844:Epistaxis; D005796:Genes; D007814:Larva; D009154:Mutation