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Genome sequence of the nematode C. elegans: a platform for investigating biology.

C. elegans Sequencing Consortium.

The Washington University Genome Sequencing Center, Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Parkway, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA. worm@watson.wustl.edu

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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PMID: 9851916 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]