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Biology I: yeast, <em>Drosophila</em> and <em>C. elegans</em>
C. elegans in Biology Research
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Caenorhabditis elegans is a microscopic roundworm that lives in soil and has become an important model organism in biology. Scientists have used it since the early 1970s because it has an invariant body plan, is easy to manipulate genetically, and is inexpensive to maintain.
This roundworm is stu...
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Elegans de Caenorhabditis, o "gusanos" a los científicos que estudian, han revolucionado la manera en que nos acercamos a estudios genéticos para entender cómo los genes regulan actividades celulares. El gusano simple genética, cuerpo transparente y facilidad de cultivo los hace un sistema ideal para el es...
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