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SUBMITTER: Borne F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5728554 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Borne Flora F Kasimatis Katja R KR Phillips Patrick C PC
PloS one 20171213 12
Pheromone cues are an important component of intersexual communication, particularly in regards to mate choice. Caenorhabditis nematodes predominant rely on pheromone production for mate finding and mate choice. Here we describe a new microfluidic paradigm for studying mate choice in nematodes. Specifically, the Pheromone Arena allows for a constant flow of odorants, including pheromones and other small molecules, to be passed in real time from signaling worms to those making a choice without an ...[more]