Organisms

Caenorhabditis

A genus of small free-living nematodes. Two species, CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS and C. briggsae are much used in studies of genetics, development, aging, muscle chemistry, and neuroanatomy.

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A genus of small free-living nematodes. Two species, CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS and C. briggsae are much used in studies of genetics, development, aging, muscle chemistry, and neuroanatomy.

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  • Caenorhabditides

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Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

a genus of nematodes used in exper

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79

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  • Nematoda (1966-1978)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Caenorhabditis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002107. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002107
  2. Caenorhabditis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis
  3. Caenorhabditis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1904768