Genome Sequence of the Nematode C. Elegans: a Platform for Investigating Biology

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Journal Science

Specialty Science

Date 1998 Dec 16

PMID 9851916

Citations 1398

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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.

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