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SUBMITTER: Kaplan F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7109026 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaplan Fatma F Perret-Gentil Abigail A Giurintano Julie J Stevens Glen G Erdogan Hilal H Schiller Karl C KC Mirti Amaleah A Sampson Edith E Torres Cedric C Sun Jiayi J Lewis Edwin E EE Shapiro-Ilan David D
Scientific reports 20200331 1
Ascaroside pheromones stimulate dispersal, a key nematode behavior to find a new food source. Ascarosides produced by entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) drive infective juvenile (IJ) emergence from consumed cadavers and dispersal in soil. Without ascarosides from host cadavers, Steinernema feltiae (EPN) reduce dispersal substantially. To determine whether other Steinernema spp. exhibit the same behavior, we compared S. feltiae and S. carpocapsae IJs without host cadaver pheromones. Unlike S. felt ...[more]