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. 2000 Apr;17(1):37-42.
doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(200004)17:1<37::AID-YEA11>3.0.CO;2-P.

Caenorhabditis elegans

J Wixon  1 , M Blaxter, I Hope, R Barstead, S Kim
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Caenorhabditis elegans

J Wixon et al. Yeast. 2000 Apr.

Abstract

Transparent, free-living nematode worm. Unsegmented body plan with full set of differentiated tissues (neural, endoderm, ectoderm and muscle). Genome size approximately 97 Mb, as five autosomes and one X sex chromosome. Fully sequenced genome, which comprises approximately 20 000 predicted genes. Defined cell lineage. Has made major contribution to studies of development, cell-to-cell signalling, cell ageing and cell death processes. Large-scale gene deletion, microarray analysis of gene expression and two-hybrid protein interaction analysis projects under way. Comparative studies mainly with C. briggsae, but also with other free-living and parasitic nematodes.

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