Kutscher Lena M, Shaham Shai
Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York NY 10065, USA.
WormBook. 2014 Jan 17:1-26. doi: 10.1895/wormbook.1.167.1.
Mutagenesis drives natural selection. In the lab, mutations allow gene function to be deciphered. C. elegans is highly amendable to functional genetics because of its short generation time, ease of use, and wealth of available gene-alteration techniques. Here we provide an overview of historical and contemporary methods for mutagenesis in C. elegans, and discuss principles and strategies for forward (genome-wide mutagenesis) and reverse (target-selected and gene-specific mutagenesis) genetic studies in this animal.
诱变作用推动自然选择。在实验室中,突变有助于解读基因功能。秀丽隐杆线虫因其世代时间短、易于操作且拥有丰富的可用基因改造技术,非常适合进行功能遗传学研究。在此,我们概述了秀丽隐杆线虫诱变的历史和当代方法,并讨论了在该动物中进行正向(全基因组诱变)和反向(目标选择和基因特异性诱变)遗传学研究的原理和策略。