Caenorhabditis Elegans
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A Caenorhabditis Elegans is free-living transparent nematode.
- Context:
- It can (typically) live in temperate soil environments.
- See: Model Organism, Animal.
References
2013
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans
- Caenorhabditis elegans /ˌseɪnɵræbˈdɪtɪs ˈɛlɛɡænz/ is a free-living, transparent nematode (roundworm), about 1 mm in length,[1] that lives in temperate soil environments. The name is a blend of Greek (caeno- = new, recent + rhabditis = rod-like)[2] and Latin (elegans = elegant). In 1900, Maupas initially named it Rhabditis elegans, Osche placed in the subgenus Caenorhabditis in 1952, and Dougherty raised it to generic status in 1955.[3] In 1974, Sydney Brenner began research into the molecular and developmental biology of C. elegans, which has since been extensively used as a model organism.[4]
- ↑ Wood, William Barry (1988). diameter 0.065 mm, id=LTEPi6VlZZkC&dq=Caenorhabditis+elegans+length&printsec=frontcover&q=Caenorhabditis%20elegans%20length "Chapter 1: Introduction to C. elegans Bioloogy". In Wood, William Barry. The Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-87969-433-5. http://books.google.com/?, diameter 0.065 mm, id=LTEPi6VlZZkC&dq=Caenorhabditis+elegans+length&printsec=frontcover&q=Caenorhabditis%20elegans%20length. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ↑ καινός (caenos) = new, recent; ῥάβδος (rhabdos) = rod, wand.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Brenner, S. (May 1974). "The Genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans" (PDF). Genetics 77 (1): 71–94. PMC 1213120. PMID 4366476. http://dev.wormbase.org/papers/31_Brenner74.pdf.