Review
Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 622-630 (August 2002) | doi:10.1038/nrg864
From gene to identified neuron to behaviour in Caenorhabditis elegans
Catharine H. Rankin1 About the author
Abstract
Understanding the role of genes in behaviour is greatly enhanced by understanding how they affect the function of the neurons that underlie behaviour. The study of behavioural genetics in Caenorhabditis elegans, an organism with a nervous system small enough to allow the role of every neuron in a given behaviour to be known, has given researchers unique insights into how genes contribute to behaviour in general. Many have taken advantage of the unique features of this worm to analyse genes from their sequence to their role in neuronal function and, ultimately, in behaviour.
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Author affiliations
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Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4.
Email: crankin@neuron3.psych.ubc.ca
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