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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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Caenorhabditis elegans, ou "vermes" para os cientistas que os estudam, revolucionaram a maneira como abordamos estudos genéticos para entender como os genes regulam as atividades celulares. A genética simples do verme, o corpo transparente e a facilidade de cultivo fazem deles um sistema ideal para estudar o desenvol...
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