title: Pheromones: evolving language of chemical communication in nematodes.
abstract: New research reveals how the intricate repertoire of ascarosides--small molecules acting as multifaceted pheromones in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans--has evolved in divergent nematode taxa occupying contrasted ecological niches.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Valrose, CNRS UMR7277-INSERM U1091, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice cedex 2, France. braendle@unice.fr
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braendle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006027:Glycosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D009348:Nematoda / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D006027:Glycosides