Caenorhabditis elegans

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Caenorhabditis elegans is a small, transparent roundworm widely used as a model organism in biology and genetics due to its simple anatomy, fully mapped cell lineage, and well-characterized nervous system.

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Generate an image of a caenorhabditis elegans (Caenorhabditis elegans is a small, transparent roundworm widely used as a model organism in biology and genetics due to its simple anatomy, fully mapped cell lineage, and well-characterized nervous system.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Caenorhabditis elegans canonical 26
C. elegans 2
CaenorhabditisElegans 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (86)

Predicate Object
instanceOf model organism ⓘ
nematode species ⓘ
alternativeLarvalStage dauer larva ⓘ
autosomeCount 5 ⓘ
biosafetyLevel BSL-1 ⓘ
bodyCavityType pseudocoelomate ⓘ
bodyLengthAdult about 1 millimeter ⓘ
bodyPlan bilaterally symmetrical ⓘ
bodyWallMuscleCells 95 in adult hermaphrodite ⓘ
cellCountAdultHermaphrodite 959 somatic cells ⓘ
cellLineage fully mapped ⓘ
chromosomeCount 6 ⓘ
commonName C. elegans ⓘ
connectomeStatus whole-animal wiring diagram mapped ⓘ
culturedOn agar plates with E. coli lawn ⓘ
dauerInducedBy crowding ⓘ
high temperature ⓘ
limited food ⓘ
describedBy Émile Maupas ⓘ
developmentalStages L1 larva ⓘ
L2 larva ⓘ
L3 larva ⓘ
L4 larva ⓘ
adult ⓘ
egg ⓘ
developmentTimeEggToAdultAt20C about 3 days ⓘ
domain Eukaryota ⓘ
linked to: Eukarya
family Rhabditidae ⓘ
feedingType bacterivore ⓘ
geneCount approximately 20000 protein-coding genes ⓘ
genomeSequenced true ⓘ
genomeSequencingCompleted 1998 ⓘ
genomeSizeBasePairs approximately 100 million ⓘ
genus Caenorhabditis ⓘ
habitat decaying organic matter ⓘ
soil ⓘ
hasCuticle collagenous cuticle ⓘ
hasOrganSystem digestive system ⓘ
excretory system ⓘ
muscular system ⓘ
nervous system ⓘ
reproductive system ⓘ
hasOrthologsWith humans ⓘ
hermaphroditeChromosomes XX ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifespanAt20C about 2–3 weeks ⓘ
locomotionSubstrate agar surfaces ⓘ
liquid media ⓘ
maleChromosomes XO ⓘ
molting four molts during development ⓘ
movementType sinusoidal crawling or swimming ⓘ
nervousSystemNeuronCount 302 neurons in adult hermaphrodite ⓘ
notableStrain N2 Bristol ⓘ
optimalGrowthTemperature around 20 °C ⓘ
oxygenRequirement aerobic ⓘ
pathogenicToHumans false ⓘ
percentageHumanGenesWithOrthologs over 40 percent ⓘ
phylum Nematoda ⓘ
referenceStrain N2 Bristol ⓘ
reproductionType male-female sexual reproduction ⓘ
mostly self-fertilizing hermaphrodite ⓘ
researchResourceCenter Caenorhabditis Genetics Center ⓘ
RNAiDeliveryMethod feeding ⓘ
injection ⓘ
soaking ⓘ
RNAiSensitivity highly susceptible to RNA interference ⓘ
sexChromosomeCount 1 ⓘ
sexes hermaphrodite ⓘ
male ⓘ
spaceBiologyUse flown on space missions ⓘ
standardLabFood Escherichia coli OP50 ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
temperatureRangeLabCulture approximately 15–25 °C ⓘ
transgenesisMethod CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing ⓘ
MosSCI single-copy insertion ⓘ
microinjection of DNA into gonad ⓘ
transparency body is optically transparent ⓘ
usedInResearchField aging research ⓘ
behavioral genetics ⓘ
cell death research ⓘ
developmental biology ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
neurobiology ⓘ
systems biology ⓘ
toxicology ⓘ
yearDescribed 1900 ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nematoda → includesTaxon → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Nematoda → notableSpecies → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Nematoda → genomeModelOrganism → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Caenorhabditis elegans → commonName → C. elegans ⓘ
linked to: Caenorhabditis elegans
Ecdysozoa → includesModelOrganism → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
John Sulston → researchSubject → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Cynthia Kenyon → researchSubject → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Jonathan Hodgkin → studies → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Caenorhabditis → typeSpecies → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Caenorhabditis → hasSpecies → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Rhabditidae → includesTaxon → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Rhabditidae → includesModelOrganism → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
N2 Bristol → taxon → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
N2 Bristol → species → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Escherichia coli OP50 → organismFed → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Escherichia coli OP50 → isNonPathogenicFor → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Caenorhabditis Genetics Center → mainSubject → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Secernentea → containsSpecies → CaenorhabditisElegans ⓘ
linked to: Caenorhabditis elegans
Émile Maupas → studied → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
modENCODE project → studiesOrganism → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Notch → orthologIn → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
H. Robert Horvitz → researchSubject → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
H. Robert Horvitz → hasResearchModelOrganism → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Gemin2 → orthologIn → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
UniGene → hasOrganismCoverage → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
subject linked to: UniGene database
Andrew Dillin → usesModelOrganism → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Andrew Dillin → usesModelOrganism → C. elegans ⓘ
linked to: Caenorhabditis elegans
Martin Chalfie → usesResearchOrganism → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ
Peter Keightley → hasResearchSubject → Caenorhabditis elegans ⓘ