Nematodes: the worm and its relatives

[...]genetic experiments involving multiple generations can be completed in only a few days. * Propagation is simple, as the standard sexual morph is the self-fertilising hermaphrodite. Because of this mode of reproduction, issues of inbreeding depression (where inbreeding results in lowered reprodu...

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Published in:PLoS biology 2011-04, Vol.9 (4), p.e1001050-e1001050
Main Author: Blaxter, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biology
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans - anatomy & histology
Caenorhabditis elegans - genetics
Caenorhabditis elegans - growth & development
Databases, Genetic
Embryonic development
Genes
Genetic aspects
Genome, Helminth
Genomics
Mutation
Nematoda - anatomy & histology
Nematoda - genetics
Nematoda - growth & development
Nematodes
Parasites
Phylogeny
Physiological aspects
Worms
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Summary:[...]genetic experiments involving multiple generations can be completed in only a few days. * Propagation is simple, as the standard sexual morph is the self-fertilising hermaphrodite. Because of this mode of reproduction, issues of inbreeding depression (where inbreeding results in lowered reproductive fitness of lines because of homozygous deleterious mutations) are largely absent. The rest of the "pseudocoelomates" are now placed in the Lophotrochozoa [75],[76], a group that includes Mollusca (snails and clams), Annelida (ragworms and earthworms), and Platyhelminthes (flatworms), amongst others. [...]the worm is only one nematode of many, and nematodes are only one sort of worm.
ISSN:1545-7885
1544-9173
1545-7885
DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001050