A natural bacterial pathogen of C. elegans uses a small RNA to induce transgenerational inheritance of learned avoidance
Titas Sengupta, Jonathan St. Ange, Rachel L. Kaletsky, Rebecca S. Moore, Renee J. Seto, Jacob G. Marogi, Cameron Myhrvold, Zemer Gitai, Coleen Tara Murphy
The paper shows a bacterial small RNA induces transgenerational learned avoidance in C. elegans, with potential maladaptive effects on beneficial bacteria.
PLoS Genetics · Mar 28, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetics