by Melissa Lee Phillips
RESEARCH ROUND-UP	New control over worm rhythms Email: Melissa Lee Phillips - mlp@nasw.org News from The Scientist 2005, 6(1):20051010-01 Published   10 October 2005

A previously unrecognized Caenorhabditis elegans gene is vital for rhythmic muscle movements, according to a study published in last week's Cell. When the gene vav-1 is disabled, nematodes cannot swallow, ovulate, or defecate normally.

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