Eukaryote
caenorhabditis elegans
Subclass of:
Caenorhabditis
Definitions related to caenorhabditis elegans:
  • A roundworm of the phylum Nematoda often utilized as a biological model system for research.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of nematode that is widely used in biological, biochemical, and genetic studies.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Roundworm important research model in animal biology, especially for the genetic and molecular basis of development and behavior.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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