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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Hilbert ZA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5262377 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20170124
Animal behavior is directed by the integration of sensory information from internal states and the environment. Neuroendocrine regulation of diverse behaviors of <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> is under the control of the DAF-7/TGF-β ligand that is secreted from sensory neurons. Here, we show that <i>C. elegans</i> males exhibit an altered, male-specific expression pattern of <i>daf-7</i> in the ASJ sensory neuron pair with the onset of reproductive maturity, which functions to promote male-specif ...[more]