C. elegans

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nematode
gptkbp:class gptkb:Chromadorea
gptkbp:dauerLarvaStage true
gptkbp:describedYear 1900
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Émile_Maupas
gptkbp:family gptkb:Rhabditidae
gptkbp:firstMulticellularOrganismWithSequencedGenome true
gptkbp:foragingBehavior gptkb:Bacteria
gptkbp:genomeSequenced 1998
gptkbp:genus gptkb:Caenorhabditis
gptkbp:habitat soil
gptkbp:hermaphroditeSexChromosomes XX
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label C. elegans
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:lifespan 2-3 weeks
gptkbp:locatedOnChromosome 6
gptkbp:maleSexChromosomes gptkb:XO
gptkbp:modelOrganismFor aging research
developmental biology
genetics
neurobiology
gptkbp:movement sinusoidal locomotion
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2002
Physiology or Medicine
gptkbp:numberOfCellsInAdultHermaphrodite 959
gptkbp:numberOfNeurons 302
gptkbp:order gptkb:Rhabditida
gptkbp:phylum gptkb:Nematoda
gptkbp:reproduction male
hermaphroditic
gptkbp:scientificName gptkb:Caenorhabditis_elegans
gptkbp:size about 1 mm
gptkbp:species elegans
gptkbp:temperature 12-25°C
gptkbp:transparentBody true
gptkbp:usedInAgingResearch true
gptkbp:usedInApoptosisResearch true
gptkbp:usedInBehavioralGenetics true
gptkbp:usedInCellLineageResearch true
gptkbp:usedInDrugScreening true
gptkbp:usedInEpigeneticsResearch true
gptkbp:usedInHostPathogenInteractionStudies true
gptkbp:usedInMicrobiomeResearch true
gptkbp:usedInMicrogravityExperiments true
gptkbp:usedInNeuralCircuitResearch true
gptkbp:usedInNobelPrizeResearch gptkb:H._Robert_Horvitz
gptkb:John_Sulston
gptkb:Sydney_Brenner
gptkbp:usedInRNAiResearch true
gptkbp:usedInSpaceBiology true
gptkbp:usedInSyntheticBiology true
gptkbp:usedInToxicology true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:UCSC_Genome_Browser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5