Genome sequence of the nematode C. elegans: a platform for investigating biology.
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Genome sequence of the nematode C. elegans: a platform for investigating biology.
Science. 1998 Dec 11;282(5396):2012-8.
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- Abstract
The 97-megabase genomic sequence of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans reveals over 19,000 genes. More than 40 percent of the predicted protein products find significant matches in other organisms. There is a variety of repeated sequences, both local and dispersed. The distinctive distribution of some repeats and highly conserved genes provides evidence for a regional organization of the chromosomes.