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The transparency of C. elegans A wildtypeG C. elegans embryo development:
As C. elegans is transparent, the dividing cell can be observed and recorded. This movie recorded a C. elegans from a zygoteG to a worm before hatching.
An adult worm: (click to see the movie)
This C. elegans movie is from the Goldstein lab. The worm is a hermaphroditeG (notice its tail is pointedl). As it is transparent, one is able to observe its internal structures, e.g.: eggs, intestine. Credits: 1. Wild type embrogenesis movie: Kevin O’Connell,
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK). Hermaphrodite: hermaphrodite is the form that can make both sperm and oocytes and can self-fertilize. C. elegans has both hermaphrodites and males. The male can mate with hermaphrodites to produce cross progeny. Wildtype: normal, nonmutant form of an organism; the form found in nature (in the wild). (Molecular Biology of the Cell, Bruce Alberts [et al.] – 3rd) Zygote: a fertilized egg; diploid cell resulting from fusion of a male and female gamete. (Molecular Cell Biology/Harvey Lodish [et al.] – 4th) |
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