In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite, (Paperback)

from name99

Anyone who reads modern biology soon learns that C. elegans is a major player, but I've never known why it was chosen as a model organism, or what was learned from it. It was for this reason that I picked up this book. It's not perfect, a little too simple-minded, but it does a good job of explai...

from DonSiano

I have been following (from afar) the C. Elegans story for about thirty years. Once I was even motivated enough to try to isolate the worm from some soil so I could play around with it for myself. The attempt failed--I don't know why--but I never lost my vicarious interest in it. This is the firs...

from DonSiano

I have been following (from afar) the C. Elegans story for about thirty years. Once I was even motivated enough to try to isolate the worm from some soil so I could play around with it for myself. The attempt failed--I don't know why--but I never lost my vicarious interest in it. This is the firs...