<i>Diploscapter pachys</i> (IMAGE)

New York University

<i>Diploscapter pachys</i>

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Pictured is Diploscapter pachys (D. pachys), a newly sequenced roundworm that is approximately one-third of a millimeter long and one of a very few known animals that have only a single chromosome.

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Image courtesy of Karin Kiontke and David Fitch.

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