A Subset of <i>C. elegans</i> Male-specific Sensory Neurons are Labeled with a GFP Reporter Gene (IMAGE)

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A Subset of <i>C. elegans</i> Male-specific Sensory Neurons are Labeled with a GFP Reporter Gene

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A subset of C. elegans male-specific sensory neurons are labeled with a GFP reporter gene. The male has four sex-specific sensory neurons in the head (left end), but most of the male-specific neurons are in the tail. The tail sensory neurons shown innervate finger-like rays that extend out of the body in an acellular fan. They sense contact with the hermaphrodite and trigger copulation. The circles of fluorescence are the cell bodies.

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Image courtesy of D. Portman

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