Inheritance of protection from osmotic stress

Nature Cell Biology 19, 151 (2017).
doi:10.1038/ncb3483

Authors: Kiyomi R. Kaneshiro & Susan Strome
Exposure of mother worms to mild osmotic stress induces gene expression changes in offspring that protect them from strong osmotic stress. Inheritance of protection is now shown to depend on altered insulin-like signalling in the maternal germline, which confers protection through increased expression of zygotic gpdh-2, a rate-limiting enzyme in glycerol biosynthesis.

Source: Nature Cell Biology - February 27, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Kiyomi R. Kaneshiro Susan Strome Tags: News and Views Source Type: research