A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist. Caenorhabditis elegans, one millimeter long, has just 959 cells. The worm’s simplicity has made ...

The advantages of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans for genetics studies are its short generation time, and that it is easy and inexpensive to maintain. Mutant strains can be frozen and ...