CGC Bibliography Paper 3183

Can social behavior of man be glimpsed in a lowly worm?

Wade N

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Citation:
The New York Times, September 8 : B9- 1998
Type:
REVIEW
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Abstract:
Does behavior have a genetic basis? People may find the idea unwelcome, at least as applied to their own conduct, but genes that govern behaviors in animals are beginning to come to light, the most spectacular of them in an article in the current issue of Cell. The gene governs sociability and feeding behavior in a microscopic roundworm, a favorite laboratory organism chosen for its ease of study and its relative simplicity.