Scientists learned that cell death is a normal and even important part of life by studying the development of the nematode worm C. elegans. What was the most important feature of C. elegans for the study of programmed cell death?

Scientists learned that cell death is a normal and even important part of life by studying the development of the nematode worm C. elegans. What was the most important feature of C. elegans for the study of programmed cell death?



(a) The nematode is smaller and simpler than the fruit fly.
(b) 70% of C. elegans genes have homologs in humans.
(c) The developmental pathway of each cell in the adult worm was known.
(d) Its genome was partially sequenced.


Answer: C


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