Did you hear the one about the biologist and the worm?

By Dr Mary McMillan
July 28 2020 - 7:00am
Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living transparent nematode (roundworm), about 1 mm in length. Photo: Shutterstock
Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living transparent nematode (roundworm), about 1 mm in length. Photo: Shutterstock

If you've been on Twitter lately you might have come across some biologists having a bit of a feud about something called C. elegans. So what is C. elegans, and why is it suddenly a big deal?

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