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The nematode C.briggsae.
A high quality sequence of the Caenorhabditis briggsae genome is now in hand. Comparisons with the C. elegans genome sequence provide valuable insights into the processes that have shaped the evolution of these organisms, which diverged 80-110 million years ago. The new sequence also gives C. elegans biologists a powerful new tool to refine their knowledge of gene identity and function in C. elegans. (See Stein, et al.)
Image Credit: Photo provided by David H. A. Fitch, New York University. Additional photo manipulation by John Heisch, John Heisch Design
Citation: (2003) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 1(2) November 2003. PLoS Biol 1(2): ev01.i02. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v01.i02
Published: November 25, 2003
Copyright: © 2003 David H. A. Fitch. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
A high quality sequence of the Caenorhabditis briggsae genome is now in hand. Comparisons with the C. elegans genome sequence provide valuable insights into the processes that have shaped the evolution of these organisms, which diverged 80-110 million years ago. The new sequence also gives C. elegans biologists a powerful new tool to refine their knowledge of gene identity and function in C. elegans. (See Stein, et al.)
Image Credit: Photo provided by David H. A. Fitch, New York University. Additional photo manipulation by John Heisch, John Heisch Design