Neuroscience
Olfactory chemotaxis and adaptation
Contributor:
Noelle L’Etoile
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Associate Professor Movies of 2X sped up C. elegans
as they chemotax toward a point source of 10-2 benzaldehyde. The corresponding clip of worms after exposure to benzaldehyde (10-4) for 80 minutes in the absence of food.
- Chemotaxis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvFhUrkuN7U
- Adaptation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlFDS4hNOIo
Random Worm Term
Any change in DNA that causes a (termination) codon to replace a codon representing an amino acid in the normal protein sequence. (Genes V, p.1248)
that causes a (termination) codon to replace a codon representing an amino acid in the normal protein sequence. (Genes V, p.1248)
