title: Nematode development: evolutionary detours of a pivotal cell.
abstract: The anchor cell plays a central role in organizing the reproductive structures of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Recent studies show that significant alterations in the origin, function and fate of this key regulatory cell have occurred during the course of nematode evolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, 115 Gilman, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lambie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D019070:Cell Lineage; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000196:embryology; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000166:cytology; D005835:Genitalia / Q000196:embryology; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D009348:Nematoda / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D051880:Receptors, Notch; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; C082460:Lin-12 protein, C elegans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051880:Receptors, Notch; C086488:lag-2 protein, C elegans