Sex-specificity of the C. elegans metabolome

Biological sex affects all aspects of animal physiology. Using the model C. elegans, the authors show that metabolomes are highly sex-specific and include a vast space of yet unidentified metabolites that may control development and lifespan.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Russell N. Burkhardt, Alexander B. Artyukhin, Erin Z. Aprison, Brian J. Curtis, Bennett W. Fox, Andreas H. Ludewig, Diana Fajardo Palomino, Jintao Luo, Amaresh Chaturbedi, Oishika Panda, Chester J. J. Wrobel, Victor Baumann, Douglas S. Portman, Siu Sylvia Lee, Ilya Ruvinsky, Frank C. Schroeder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36040-y