High Nutritional Conditions Influence Feeding Plasticity in Pristionchus pacificus and Render Worms Non‐Predatory

• Published in: Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Vol. 344; no. 2; pp. 94 - 111
• Main Authors: Piskobulu, Veysi, Athanasouli, Marina, Witte, Hanh, Feldhaus, Christian, Streit, Adrian, Sommer, Ralf J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.03.2025
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological - genetics; Animals; developmental plasticity; Diet; Environment; fatty acids; Feeding Behavior; Glucose; Mouth - growth & development; nutrition; Nutritional Status - physiology; Oleic Acid; polyphenism; Predatory Behavior; Pristionchus pacificus; Rhabditida - genetics; Rhabditida - growth & development; Rhabditida - physiology; Self-Fertilization; glucose; nutrition; Pristionchus pacificus; fatty acids; polyphenism; developmental plasticity

ABSTRACT Developmental plasticity, the ability of a genotype to produce different phenotypes in response to environmental conditions, has been subject to intense studies in the last four decades. The self‐fertilising nematode Pristionchus pacificus has been developed as a genetic model system for st...