C. elegans wild-type adult vs mutant adult at 25 degrees Celsius (IMAGE)

Washington State University

C. elegans wild-type adult vs mutant adult at 25 degrees Celsius

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Scanning electron microscopy images of the cuticle (skin) of C. elegans kept at 25 degrees Celsius show wrinkles on an old (9-day old) adult wild-type worm (left) but smooth skin on an npr-8 mutant worm of the same age (right).

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Image by Yiyong (Ben) Liu, Washington State University

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