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C. elegans feeds on:
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soil bacteria
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What size is the C. elegans genome?
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97 Mb
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C. elegans has how many chromosomes?
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6
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halocentric
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chromosomes that diffuse at the centromere
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vulva
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the external female genitalia
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spermatheca
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the storage site for sperm; contain about 150 sperm
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blastomeres
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The large cells produced by early embryonic cleavages
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C. elegans aging can stop and then restart in response to
environmental signals. True or false? |
True!
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metameric
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composed of repeating patterns of cell groups with similar functions
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ablate
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to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.
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totipotent
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retain the complete developmental
potential of the fertilized egg |
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embryonic stem cells
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can be made to differentiate into any human tissue type in the laboratory
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GFP stands for:
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green fluorescent protein
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GFP is:
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jellyfish gene, which has the advantage of being visible in living animals
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dsRNA is short for:
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double-stranded RNA
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RNAi stands for:
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RNA-mediated interference
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positional cloning
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cloning based only on the gene’s position in the genome
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genetic mosaics
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Genetically constructed animals composed of both wild-type
and mutant cells |
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maternal-effect mutations
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Mutations in maternal-effect genes; disrupt the early
events of embryogenesis in C. elegans |
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ligand
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signaling molecule
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apoptosis
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programmed cell death
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