Browse recently published articles in most issues of leading journals, and there will be mention of ''the worm''.What is this worm, why is it so keenly studied by so many, and what has it told us about the diversity of life?And why this worm, and not one of the many other worms? Caenorhabditis elegans Is the WormEssays articulate a specific perspective on a topic of broad interest to scientists.
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