Genes help worms decide where to dine

A recent study by Rockefeller University researchers identifies natural variations in several genes that help determine when and where microscopic C. Elegans worms feast. The impact of the gene variants on the worms’ foraging behavior was the most significant in borderline decisions, the researchers says, when the bacteria available to eat were neither scarce nor plentiful.

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