Caenorhabditis elegans, or C. elegans, is a small roundworm (nematode) usually found in the soil in temperate climates all around the world. It feeds on microorganisms like bacteria and can be most ...

When studying life span ... is Caenorhabditis elegans, a microscopic roundworm that typically lives to a ripe old age of two to three weeks. Another advantage of using C. elegans is that these ...

The results of this work reveal how an alternative splicing mechanism regulates an essential factor for neuronal identity.

A team of researchers from the Institute for Neurosciences, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, in collaboration with ...