Caenorhabditis elegans

Caenorhabditis elegans is a small, freeliving nematode that is the subject of an extensive integrated analysis of the genetics of development. As a nematode it is also an excellent model nematode, and we use C. elegans extensively in our parasitic nematode biology research.

	what	why	who / curator
	An introduction to C. elegans	An introduction to the biology and genetics of C. elegans	Mark Blaxter
	The genome of C. elegans	The complete genome of C. elegans has been sequenced. These pages offer a review and summary of this amazing achievement.	Mark Blaxter
	C. elegans is a nematode	As a nematode, the genome of C. elegans has much to say about the biology of parasites	Mark Blaxter
	Introduction to the developmental biology of C. elegans	A set of lecture notes developed for 3rd and 4th year classes in Edinburgh, including early development and the development of the vulva.	Mark Blaxter
	Analysis of SXC and TYR genes of C. elegans	We are working on the biology of two gene families in C. elegans, the TYR (tyrosinase) and SXC (six-cysteine repeat) genes	Bill Gregory and Mark Blaxter
	The position of C. elegans within the diversity of nematodes	Using molecular markers to analyse the diveristy of the Phylum Nematoda	Mark Blaxter