Medical Definition of Caenorhabditis elegans

1. Nematode much used in lineage studies since the number of nuclei is determined and the nervous system is relatively simple. The organism can be maintained axenically and there are mutants in behaviour, in muscle proteins and in other features. Sperm are amoeboid and move by an unknown mechanism which does not seem to depend upon actin or tubulin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caenorhabditis Elegans

caecopexy
caecoplication
caecorrhaphy
caecosigmoidostomy
caecostomy
caecotomy
caecum
caecum
caecum cupulare
caecum vestibulare
Caelum
caenogenesis
Caenolestes
Caenolestidae
Caenorhabditis
Caenorhabditis elegans (current term)
caenorhabiditis elegans
caeoma
caeomas
caerule
caerulein
caerulin
Caesalpinia
Caesalpiniaceae
Caesalpinia bonduc
Caesalpinia bonducella
Caesalpinia coriaria
Caesalpinia decapetala
Caesalpinia echinata
Caesalpinia ferrea

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