The natural history of Caenorhabditis Elegans research
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2001
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Ankeny, R.
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Nature Reviews Genetics, 2001; 2(6):474-478
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The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is well known to practising biologists as a model organism. Early work with C. elegans is best understood as part of a descriptive tradition in biological practice. Although the resources that have been generated by the C. elegans community have been revolutionary, they were produced by traditional methods and approaches. Here, I review the choice and use of the worm as an experimental organism for genetics and neurobiology that began in the 1960s.
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© 2001 Nature Publishing Group