C. inopinata (IMAGE)

University of Oklahoma

C. inopinata

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C. inopinata is a roundworm species that is nearly twice as long in size as its highly studied close relative, C. elegans. Woodruff’s study aims to better understand why C. inopinata have such a drastically different body size and how that information could improve scientists’ understanding of cellular growth.

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Image provided by Dr. Gavin Woodruff, assistant professor of biology at the University of Oklahoma.

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