Salk -- Chalasani -- Pribadi Illustration (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Salk -- Chalasani -- Pribadi Illustration

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In this illustration, a C. elegans worm (lower right) exposed to sulfolipid chemicals from one of its natural predators, a worm called P. Pacificus, quickly reverses direction in a response analogous to human fear.

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Amy Pribadi

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