Science News Online (12/12/98): References for Worm Offers the First Animal Genome

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The full complement of genes for a multicellular creature, a nematode, offers insights into animal biology.

References:

1998. Genome sequence of the nematode C. elegans: A platform for investigating biology. Science 282(Dec. 11):2012.

Bargmann, C.I. 1998. Neurobiology of the Caenorhabditis elegans genome. Science 282(Dec. 11):2028.

Blaxter, M. 1998. Caenorhabditis elegans is a nematode. Science 282(Dec. 11):2041.

Chervitz, S.A., et al. 1998. Comparison of the complete protein sets of worm and yeast: Orthology and divergence. Science 282(Dec. 11):2022.

Clarke, N.D., and J.M. Berg. 1998. Zinc fingers in Caenorhabditis elegans: Finding families and probing pathways. Science 282(Dec. 11):2018.

Ruvkun, G., and O. Hobert. 1998. The taxonomy of developmental control in Caenorhabditis elegans. Science 282(Dec. 11):2033.

Further Readings:

Travis, J. 1997. Chips ahoy. Science News 151(March 8):144.

______. 1996. Yeast genetic blueprint publicly unveiled. Science News 149(May 4):278.

Sources:

Mark Blaxter
University of Edinburgh
Institute of Cell, Animal, and Population Biology
Edinburgh EH9 3JT
United Kingdom

Sydney Brenner
Molecular Sciences Institute, Inc.
2168 Shattuck Avenue, 2nd Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704

Gary Ruvkun
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Genetics
Boston, MA 02114

Robert Waterston
Washington University Genome Sequencing Center
P.O. Box 8501
4444 Forest Parkway
St. Louis, MO 63108

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 24, December 12, 1998, p. 372.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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