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Caenorhabditis elegans
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Proper noun
Caenorhabditis elegans la 1 f
species family Rhabditidae a nematode used as a model organism in biological research
en mul 1997 Riddle, Donald L., et al. C. elegans II The Biological Model http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=ce2&part=A24 0879694882 xx In 1965, Sydney Brenner settled on Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism to study animal development and behavior for reasons that are now well known (Brenner, 1973, 1988).
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Riddle, Donald L.; Blumenthal, Thomas; Meyer, Barbara J.; Priess, James R. 1997 C. elegans II Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Plainview, N.Y. 0879694882