Caenorhabditis elegans

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Caenorhabditis elegans

1. A taxonomic species within the genus Caenorhabditis — a nematode used as a model organism in biological research.
   • 1997, Riddle, Donald L., et al., “The Biological Model”, in C. elegans II^[1], ISBN 0879694882, page xx:

     In 1965, Sydney Brenner settled on Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism to study animal development and behavior for reasons that are now well known (Brenner, 1973, 1988).

See also

• Appendix:List of sequenced animal genomes

References

• 1997, Riddle, Donald L. editor, C. elegans II, Blumenthal, Thomas; Meyer, Barbara J.; Priess, James R., Plainview, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ISBN 0879694882: