Guru Prasad B.R
Caenorhabditis elegans free-living, soil nematode has been an extensively important system for investigating various aspects in life science including medicinal sciences. This round worm is richly contributed to our understanding the neurodegenerative diseases, aging pattern, analysis of toxicants. It is the organism transited from research toll as testing toll in many aspects. It is a future model organism in the field of medicine. The utility of the C.elegans resides in two resources: its small genome which resembles more or less human genome for various diseases, and its powerful molecular tools as a model system
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