This tiny nematode ( it is just a millimetre long ) was the first organism to have its developmental pathway worked out cell by cell and the first multicellular one to have its genome sequenced completely .
In 1972 sydney brenner , a biologist then at cambridge university , decided to work out the connections of every cell in the nervous system of a small nematode worm called c. elegans .
Coniferous logs , susceptible to pinewood nematode infestation , must be tested by taking wood-core samples , which are sent to labs .
针叶原木易受松木线虫危害,所以其木芯样本必须被送到实验室检验。
Many of the life-forms in microscopic pictures are killed before being mounted on a microscope slide , since chasing , say , a writhing nematode with a strong microscope would be a challenge .
This tiny nematode ( it is just a millimetre long ) was the first organism to have its developmental pathway worked out cell by cell and the first multicellular one to have its genome sequenced completely . It is probably , therefore , the best understood animal in biology .
Wolbachia bacteria are widespread parasites , infecting both insects and nematode worms .
沃尔巴克氏体细菌是分布广泛的寄生生物,会感染昆虫和线虫。
The researchers fed nematode worms an infusion of antioxidants and found they didn 't live any longer .
研究人员喂养身体中注入抗氧化剂的线虫,发现它们不会活得时间更长。
Slash your food intake and you can live dramatically longer-at least if you 're a mouse or a nematode .
削减你的食物摄入量,你可以显著地活得更长久这至少在小鼠或线虫是如此。
Among other things , the atlantic eel is highly susceptible to a parasitic nematode introduced when stocks of the japanese eel were imported to europe for aquaculture .