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Tag Archives: C. elegans

When More Is Less

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Paul

HHMI Bulletin | February 2007

Sugar and spice and X chromosome twice—that’s what girls are made of, despite the fact that this double dollop of X chromosomes can be deadly for females of any species.
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Posted in Clips | Tagged C. elegans, development, genetics, HHMI Bulletin, molecular biology

The Burly Sperm Catches the Worm

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Paul

UANews | June 2002

Size matters–at least for worm sperm. For tiny soil nematodes, big sperm have the edge over smaller sperm in fertilizing a mate’s eggs, according to University of Arizona biologists Craig LaMunyon and Samuel Ward.  read story

Posted in Clips | Tagged C. elegans, evolution, genetics, UANews

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