MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that guide post-transcriptional repression by base-pairing to target messenger RNAs. First discovered in Caenorhabditis elegans, they orchestrate the precise timing ...

Animals increase by orders of magnitude in volume during development. Therefore, small variations in growth rates among individuals could amplify to a large heterogeneity in size. By live imaging of C ...

In a study published in the journal Developmental Cell, a cocktail of pharmaceutical drugs were recently found to extend the life of the microscopic worm, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). The ...

Researchers have developed a new imaging technique to observe active gene expression in real time. They found that four molecules work together to control the timing of each stage of the C. elegans ...

Imagine a train parked at the station. Passengers climb aboard and find their seats. Conductors move up and down the aisles, checking tickets. But there's a problem—the engineer's watch is broken. As ...

The centrosome serves as the microtubule-organizing center and plays a critical role in cell division. Centrosomal RNAs (cnRNAs) have been reported to enable precise spatiotemporal control of gene ...

Scientists have studied the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans for decades, making essential contributions to basic science. In the latest milestone, scientists used cutting-edge technology to ...

A newly discovered genetic clock acts as the body's developmental timekeeper, coordinating the bursts of gene activity needed ...

In 1963, on a hunch, a South African biologist named Sydney Brenner decided to study a species of worms named C. elegans. The worms turned out to be the perfect lab animal. They were simple creatures ...