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Sensory neurons expressing phototransduction genes in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus
The light-sensing mechanism in nematodes had previously only been characterized in Caenorhabditis elegans. Using forward genetic screening, Nakayama et al. identified genes involved in light avoidance behavior in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus, revealing both conserved and unique features between the two species. This image shows sensory neurons, some of which are involved in photoresponse, labeled with fluorescent proteins and filled with dye in P. pacificus. See Nakayama et al. Download November’s cover page
Image Credit: Kenichi Nakayama
Citation: (2024) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 20(11) December 2024. PLoS Genet 20(11): ev20.i11. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v20.i11
Published: December 3, 2024
Copyright: © 2024 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The light-sensing mechanism in nematodes had previously only been characterized in Caenorhabditis elegans. Using forward genetic screening, Nakayama et al. identified genes involved in light avoidance behavior in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus, revealing both conserved and unique features between the two species. This image shows sensory neurons, some of which are involved in photoresponse, labeled with fluorescent proteins and filled with dye in P. pacificus. See Nakayama et al. Download November’s cover page
Image Credit: Kenichi Nakayama