Caenorhabditis elegans

…the development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

…humans led to the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a near-microscopic soil worm that begins life with just 1,090 cells. Moreover, the animal is transparent, which allows scientists to follow cell divisions under a microscope; it reproduces quickly; and it is inexpensive to maintain. As researchers later learned, programmed cell death eliminates…

…studies centred on the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a near-microscopic soil worm that had been identified by Brenner as an ideal organism on which to study programmed cell death. In 1986 Horvitz reported the first two “death genes,” ced-3 and ced-4, which participate in the cell-killing process. Later he showed that…

…who was investigating the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

…developmental events in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In particular, the two scientists carried out studies on strains of C. elegans with mutations in the genes lin-4 and lin-14.

…cell lineage for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a minute soil worm that had been identified by Brenner as an ideal organism on which to study programmed cell death. Sulston traced the descent of every cell, through division and differentiation, from the fertilized egg. From this he showed that, in worm…