In this behavior, C. elegans kept in an environment with food at 23 degrees Celsius will move toward 23 degrees when placed in an environment with a temperature gradient from 17 to 23 degrees.

Imagine a world where worms can hear. While it may sound like science fiction, researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that the nematode C. elegans, a commonly studied model organism ...

Schematic of the head of an aged C. elegans in which hyperactive neurons interfere with proper migration to the previous culture temperature Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

Nematodes — a class of worms that feed on smaller micro-organisms — have been the model of success for several Nobel Prize ...

The nematodes exhibit a variety of behaviors with their 302 neurons," Noma said. C. elegans shares many genes and mechanisms with humans. So, we thought that the cause of the decline in brain ...

Since the output of body fluids such as urine is a reflection of our body condition, Hirotsu speculated that it might be possible to use C. elegans to sense the smell of cancer. And it turned out ...

Figure 1: Sequence alignment of human, mouse, zebrafish and C. elegans BAF, together with a summary of the secondary structure. With only three exceptions comprising conservative substitutions (Le ...