Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Sexually dimorphic architecture and function of a mechanosensory circuit in C. elegans

  • Hagar Setty,
  • Yehuda Salzberg,
  • Shadi Karimi,
  • Elisheva Berent-Barzel,
  • Michael Krieg,
  • Meital Oren-Suissa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34661-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Mechanosensation is crucial for survival in many organisms. Here, authors reveal that the two sexes of C. elegans show dramatic differences in circuit architecture, neuronal activity and molecular components to drive mechanosensory behavior.