Caenorhabditis
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This genus contains the noted model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and several other species for which a genome sequence is either available or currently being determined. The two most-studied species in this genus (C. elegans and C. briggsae) are both hermaphrodites whereas all other species are gonochoristic (they have male and female sexes). [1]
Known species in this genus include:
- Caenorhabditis elegans - genome sequenced in 1998 [2]
- Caenorhabditis briggsae - genome sequence finished 2003 [3]
- Caenorhabditis remanei - genome sequenced by WashU GSC [4]
- Caenorhabditis brenneri (formerly referred to as C. sp 4 and Caenorhabditis sp. CB5161) - genome sequenced by WashU GSC [5]
- Caenorhabditis japonica - genome being sequenced by WashU GSC [6]
- Caenorhabditis sp. PS1010
- Caenorhabditis drosophilae
- Caenorhabditis sp. SB341
[edit] References
- ^ Haag, Eric S.. The evolution of nematode sex determination: C. elegans as a reference point for comparative biology. WormBook.
- ^ The C. elegans Sequencing Consortium (1998). Genome sequence of the nematode C. elegans: a platform for investigating biology. Science 282: 2012–2018. doi:.
- ^ Stein, L. D. et al. (2003). The Genome Sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A Platform for Comparative Genomics. PLoS Biology 1: 166–192. doi:.
- ^ GSC: Caenorhabditis remanei
- ^ GSC: Caenorhabditis n. sp. PB2801
- ^ GSC: Caenorhabditis japonica
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