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Science in Pictures

AuthorScott LaFee
Date

January 29, 2024

In 1965, Sydney Brenner settled on Caenorhabditis elegans, a nematode or worm, as a model organism to study animal development and behavior. The anatomy of C. elegans is simple, but complex enough to model nearly every aspect of biology, including aging.

Image courtesy of Jim McCarter and Tim Schedl, WormBook.