C. elegans - the wonderful worm

Caenorhabditis elegans has been the subject of study for many years, due to its being both simple enough to provide much detail and also possessing a nervous system which could be studied and mapped in detail. It was the first multicellular organism to have a genome completely sequenced, and the study of the nematode led to several Nobel prizes being awarded, including to Sydney Brenner and to John Sulston (images in this gallery).

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