Organisms evolve in response to their natural environment. Consideration of natural
ecological parameters are thus of key importance for our understanding of an organism's …

The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has risen to the status of a top model organism for
biological research in the last fifty years. Among laboratory animals, this tiny nematode is …

Networks are a fundamental tool for understanding and modeling complex systems in
physics, biology, neuroscience, engineering, and social science. Many networks are known …

A little over 50 years ago, Sydney Brenner had the foresight to develop the nematode (round
worm) Caenorhabditis elegans as a genetic model for understanding questions of …

Abstract Background The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a major model organism in
laboratory biology. Very little is known, however, about its ecology, including where it …

Model organisms are of great importance to our understanding of basic biology and to
making advances in biomedical research. However, the influence of laboratory cultivation on …

Many animal species live in close association with commensal and symbiotic microbes
(microbiota). Recent studies have revealed that the status of gastrointestinal tract microbiota …

Many primary sensory cilia exhibit unique architectures that are critical for transduction of
specific sensory stimuli. Although basic ciliogenic mechanisms are well described, how …

The specific patterns and functional properties of electrical synapses of a nervous system
are defined by the neuron-specific complement of electrical synapse constituents. We …

Soil is the habitat of countless organisms and encompasses an enormous variety of dynamic
environmental conditions. While it is evident that a thorough understanding of how …