Nobel Nematode – A History of C. elegans as a Model Organism
Model organisms are non-human species that we use to study biological phenomena that are recapitulated in humans. Lab mice (Mus musculus), fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), and the bacterium E. coli all have long histories in scientific experimentation as model organisms. In the early 1960s, another model organism was catapulted to the forefront of biology: the Read more about Nobel Nematode – A History of C. elegans as a Model Organism[…]