title: Developmental plasticity, straight from the worm's mouth.
abstract: Developmental plasticity in response to environmental conditions (polyphenism) plays an important role in evolutionary theory. Analyzing the nematode taxon Pristionchus, Ragsdale et al. demonstrate that a single gene underlies the nematode's ability to develop distinct mouth forms in response to environmental changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hartenstein
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D013429:Sulfatases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D013429:Sulfatases