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SUBMITTER: Zhou Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5500144 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Ying Y Loeza-Cabrera Mario M Liu Zheng Z Aleman-Meza Boanerges B Nguyen Julie K JK Jung Sang-Kyu SK Choi Yuna Y Shou Qingyao Q Butcher Rebecca A RA Zhong Weiwei W
Genetics 20170511 3
It is crucial for animal survival to detect dangers such as predators. A good indicator of dangers is injury of conspecifics. Here we show that fluids released from injured conspecifics invoke acute avoidance in both free-living and parasitic nematodes. <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> avoids extracts from closely related nematode species but not fruit fly larvae. The worm extracts have no impact on animal lifespan, suggesting that the worm extract may function as an alarm instead of inflicting phy ...[more]