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Caenorhabditis

elegans Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living soil-dwelling roundworm with a transparent body that is just 1 millimeter long. It has been used extensively as a model organism in biomedical research and has many characteristics that make it an ideal organism for the study of genetics and development. C. elegans ha…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 2 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 5× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-1198 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

elegans Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living soil-dwelling roundworm with a transparent body that is just 1 millimeter long. It has been used extensively as a model organism in biomedical research and has many characteristics that make it an ideal organism for the study of genetics and development. C. elegans has an easy-to-follow life cycle, with its short lifespan and simple genetics. This has been extremely useful in uncovering important genetic mechanisms, providing insight into human development, aging, and diseases such as cancer. C. elegans has also been used to study how organisms adapt to environmental stressors like changes in temperature or pH. This research has important implications for our understanding of the causes and treatments of human diseases.

Research published in this journal

2 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 2 articles above have been cited 5 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Caenorhabditis, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Genetic Engineering (ISSN 2694-1198).

Journal editorial board
Gabriela Roca · Germany Khalid Al-Nedawi · Canada Giuliana Giardino · Italy

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