Medical Definition of Caenorhabiditis elegans

1. This is a free-living (non parasitic) species of nematode which makes a good model organism for biological study because it has a small genome of only six chromosomes. It also has a short generation time of about three days (at room temperature), and is easy to grow at high densities (up to 10,000 worms on one Petri dish). Caenorhabditis Elegans has been thoroughly studied by geneticists, developmental biologists and neurologists. The worms can be used to study genetic manipulation, gene therapy, and the molecular basis of differentiation during development. Much of the world's knowledge about aging, inheritance, and the factors which control gene expression during development comes from studying this and other nematodes. The full taxonomic classification of Caenorhabditis Elegans is: kingdom Animalia, phylum Nematoda, class Secernentea, subclass Rhabditia, order Rhabditida, family Rhabditidae. (21 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caenorhabiditis Elegans

caecostomies
caecostomy
caecotomy
caecotrope
caecotropes
caecotroph
caecotrophs
caecotrophy
caecum
caecum cupulare
caecum vestibulare
caenogeneses
caenogenesis
caenophidian
caenophidians
caenorhabiditis elegans (current term)
caeoma
caeomas
caerule
caerulein
caerulin
caeruloplasmin
caesalpin
caesarean
caesarean delivery
caesarean section
caesareans
caesarians
caesarisms

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