View of a researcher,equipped with a low-power microscope,manipulating gonad tissue from a nematode,Caenorhabditis elegans,to provide material for study of its chromosomes. C. elegans,a soil-dwelling bisexual worm,is currently the subject of intense research aimed at decoding its genome,or genetic blueprint. It is ideal for this because it has a tendency to reproduce by self-fertilization which results in offspring that are all identical to the parent. Furthermore,although it exhibits a variety of differentiated cells,including nerves,it is very simple in structure | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / King-Holmes, James |
Taille de l’image : | 4311 px × 3173 px |
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