The roundworm C. elegans has proved to be a valuable model organism for studies of cell birth,

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The roundworm C. elegans has proved to be a valuable model organism for studies of cell birth, cell asymmetry, and cell death. What properties of C. elegans render it so well suited for these studies? Why is so much information from C. elegans experiments of use to investigators interested in mammalian development?

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Molecular Cell Biology

ISBN: 978-1429234139

7th edition

Authors: Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Monty Krieger, Anthony Bretscher, Hidde Ploegh, Angelika Amon, Matthew P. Scott

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