title: Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral genetics: where are the knobs?
abstract: Thousands of behavioral mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans have been studied. I suggest a set of criteria by which some genes important in the evolution of behavior might be recognized, and identify neuropeptide signaling pathways as candidates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-9148, USA. leon.avery@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Avery
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral / Q000379:methods*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides