出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/19 10:53 UTC 版)
Caenorhabditis is a genus of nematodes which live in bacteria-rich environments like compost piles and decaying dead animals. It contains the noted model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and several other species for which a genome sequence is either available or currently being determined. The two most-studied species in this genus (C. elegans and C. briggsae) are both hermaphrodites whereas all other species are gonochoristic (they have male and female sexes).