🪱Caenorhabditis elegans
カエノラブディティス・エレガンス Caenorhabditis elegans は、線形動物門クロマドラ綱プレクトゥス亜綱カンセンチュウ目カンセンチュウ科に属する線虫の1種。細胞系譜が明らかになっているなど、実験材料として非常に優れた性質をもつことから、モデル生物として広く利用されている。多細胞生物として最初に全ゲノム配列が解読された生物でもある。生物学の研究者にとってなじみ深く、C. elegans で広く通じ、日本語でも C. エレガンス(シー・エレガンス)と書かれることが多い(詳細は後記)。体長約1 mm(ミリメートル)で透明な体をもつ。
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Caenorhabditis elegans yet.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 0.16 years
Everything we know about the Caenorhabditis elegans
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
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Not recorded for Caenorhabditis elegans yet: body mass, body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumNematoda
- ›classChromadorea
- ›orderRhabditida
- ›familyRhabditidae
- ›genusCaenorhabditis
- ›speciesCaenorhabditis elegans
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumRoundworms · Nematoda
- classChromadorea
- genusCaenorhabditis
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