Workshop report: Caenorhabditis nematodes as model organisms to study trait variation and its evolution.

摘要: A fundamental problem in biology is to understand how genome expression translates into variation molecular, cellular, developmental, physiological, behavioral, or life-history traits. During the summer of 2014, worm biologists with a keen interest evolutionary and natural ecology met Les Treilles (France) define problems trait better discuss empirical approaches using Caenorhabditis species address these problems. Compared other model organisms, has several advantages, such as well-defined traits that can be subjected highly controlled environmental genetic manipulation possibility for long-term experimental evolution coupled genome-wide mapping variation. The workshop brought together researchers studying phenotypic plasticity, gene-networks, structure population genetics, sex-determination development laboratory, behavior populations. Here, we outline key aims this summarize contributions each participant.