CHEMOTAXIS-DEFECTIVE MUTANTS OF THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS
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- 25 June 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Genetics
- Vol. 80 (2) , 297-309
- https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/80.2.297
Abstract
The technique of countercurrent separation has been used to isolate 17 independent chemotaxis-defective mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The mutants, selected to be relatively insensitive to the normally attractive salt NaCl, show varying degrees of residual sensitivity; some are actually weakly repelled by NaCl. The mutants are due to single gene defects, are autosomal and recessive, and identify at least five complementation groups.Keywords
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