PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS - A NEMATODE MODEL FOR COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Contributors Foreword Acknowledgements 1. Why Caenorhabditis elegans is great and Pristionchus pacificus might be better Paul W. STERNBERG 2. Integrative evolutionary biology and mechanistic approaches in comparative biology Ralf J. SOMMER 3. Diplogastrid systematics and phylogeny Natsumi KANZAKI and Robin M. GIBLIN-DAVIS 4. Taxonomy and natural history: the genus Pristionchus Erik J. RAGSDALE, Natsumi KANZAKI and Matthias HERRMANN 5. The laboratory model: genetics, genetic mapping and transgenics Laura AURILIO and Jagan SRINIVASAN 6. Comparative and functional genomics Christian RODELSPERGER and Christoph DIETERICH 7. Small molecule signalling: encoding biological information in chemical structures Frank C. SCHROEDER 8. Population genetics and the La Reunion case study Angela MCGAUGHRAN and Katy MORGAN 9. Evo-devo and developmental systems drift: an evolving paradigm in organ formation and tissue coordination, vulva and gonad development in Pristionchus pacificus David RUDEL 10. Dauer formation and dauer-specific behaviours in Pristionchus pacificus Akira OGAWA and Federico BROWN 11. Mouth dimorphism and the evolution of novelty and diversity Erik J. RAGSDALE 12. Pristionchus pacificus olfaction Ray L. HONG 13. Anatomy and connectivity in the pharyngeal nervous system Dan BUMBARGER and Metta RIEBESELL 14. Bacterial interactions and the innate immune system Amit SINHA and Robbie RAE Gene index Species index General index