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Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ., 5 October 2005
Vol. 2005, Issue 40, p. pe30
[DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2005.40.pe30]

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Revising the Standard Wisdom of C. elegans Natural History: Ecology of Longevity

E. P. Caswell-Chen, J. Chen, E. E. Lewis, G. W. Douhan, S. A. Nadler, and J. R. Carey

The authors are in the Department of Nematology (E.P.C.-C., J.C., E.E.L., and S.A.N.) and the Department of Entomology (E.E.L. and J.R.C.) at the University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; the Department of Plant Pathology (G.W.D.) at the University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; and the Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging at the University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA (J.R.C.). E-mail: epcaswell{at}ucdavis.edu(E.P.C.-C.)

http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2005/40/pe30

Key Words: Caenorhabditis elegans • life history • nematode • snail • symbiosis • wild

Abstract: Here, we consider that most of the research concerning Caenorhabditis elegans has been laboratory focused and that only limited research has directly considered the worm's biology relative to its natural history in the wild. We describe that, although the worm has traditionally been considered a soil nematode, we could not find it in soil but frequently recovered it from snails. Finally, we discuss how a better understanding of the natural history of C. elegans may enhance its usefulness as a model organism for studying aging and other phenomena.

Citation: E. P. Caswell-Chen, J. Chen, E. E. Lewis, G. W. Douhan, S. A. Nadler, J. R. Carey, Revising the Standard Wisdom of C. elegans Natural History: Ecology of Longevity. Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2005 (40), pe30 (2005).

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