Taber's Medical Dictionary
Caenorhabditis elegans
(sē″nō-rab′dīt′ĭs el′ĕ-ganz″)
(el′ĕ-gans″ )
A roundworm, about 1 mm long. It is the first multicellular organism for which the full genome was sequenced. Its cells are used in studies of the molecular basis of development, aging, and fat metabolism.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Caenorhabditis Elegans." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734357/all/Caenorhabditis_elegans.
Caenorhabditis elegans. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734357/all/Caenorhabditis_elegans. Accessed January 18, 2021.
Caenorhabditis elegans. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (23rd edition). F.A. Davis Company. Retrieved January 18, 2021, from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734357/all/Caenorhabditis_elegans
Caenorhabditis Elegans [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2021 January 18]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734357/all/Caenorhabditis_elegans.
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