20 MAY 2011 by ideonexus
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans was chosen in the 1960s as an ideal experimental animal by the
formidably brilliant South African biologist Sydney Brenner. He had recently completed his work,
with Francis Crick and others at Cambridge, on cracking the genetic code, and was looking around
for a new big problem to solve. His inspired choice, and his own pioneering research on its genetics
and neuro-anatomy, has led to a worldwide community of Caenorhabditis researchers that has
grown into the thousands....Folksonomies: biology experiments
Folksonomies: biology experiments
A species in which we know every cell in its body, making it an excellent experimental specimen.