C. elegans cell lineage

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gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:basis_for_Nobel_Prize gptkb:2002_Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine
2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (RNAi discovery, related to cell lineage studies)
gptkbp:describes developmental cell divisions in Caenorhabditis elegans
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Sulston_JE_et_al.,_1983,_Developmental_Biology
gptkbp:first_mapped_by gptkb:John_Sulston
gptkb:Sydney_Brenner
gptkb:Robert_Horvitz
gptkbp:hasModel metazoan development
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label C. elegans cell lineage
gptkbp:notableFeature apoptosis of 131 cells during development
invariant cell lineage
gptkbp:number_of_somatic_cells_in_adult_hermaphrodite 959
gptkbp:number_of_somatic_cells_in_adult_male 1031
gptkbp:organism gptkb:Caenorhabditis_elegans
gptkbp:publishedIn 1977
gptkbp:relatedTo understanding genetic control of development
gptkbp:usedFor studying cell fate determination
studying developmental biology
studying programmed cell death
gptkbp:visualizes differential interference contrast microscopy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_E._Sulston
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6