Caenorhabditis

Taxobox
name = "Caenorhabditis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Nematoda
classis = Secernentea
ordo = Rhabditida
familia = Rhabditidae
genus = "Caenorhabditis"
genus_authority =

This genus contains the noted model organism "Caenorhabditis elegans" and several other species for which a genome sequence is either available or currently being determined. The two most-studied species in this genus ("C. elegans" and "C. briggsae") are both hermaphrodites whereas all other species are gonochoristic (they have male and female sexes). [cite web| last=Haag | first= Eric S. | title=The evolution of nematode sex determination: "C. elegans" as a reference point for comparative biology | publisher=WormBook | |url=http://www.wormbook.org/chapters/www_evolutionsexdetermin/evolutionsexdetermin.html]

Known species in this genus include:
* "Caenorhabditis elegans" - genome sequenced in 1998 [cite journal | quotes=no |author=The "C. elegans" Sequencing Consortium |year=1998 |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/282/5396/2012?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&volume=282&firstpage=2012&resourcetype=HWCIT |title=Genome sequence of the nematode "C. elegans": a platform for investigating biology |journal=Science |volume=282 |pages=2012–2018 |doi=10.1126/science.282.5396.2012]
* "Caenorhabditis briggsae" - genome sequence finished 2003 [cite journal | quotes=no |author=Stein, L. D. "et al." |year=2003 |url=http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0000045 |title=The Genome Sequence of "Caenorhabditis briggsae": A Platform for Comparative Genomics |journal=PLoS Biology |volume=1 |pages=166–192 |doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0000045]
* "Caenorhabditis remanei" - genome sequenced by WashU GSC [ [http://genome.wustl.edu/genome.cgi?GENOME=Caenorhabditis%20remanei GSC: Caenorhabditis remanei ] ]

* "Caenorhabditis brenneri" (formerly referred to as "C. sp 4" and "Caenorhabditis sp. CB5161") - genome sequenced by WashU GSC [ [http://genome.wustl.edu/genome.cgi?GENOME=Caenorhabditis%20n.%20sp.%20PB2801 GSC: Caenorhabditis n. sp. PB2801 ] ]
* "Caenorhabditis japonica" - genome being sequenced by WashU GSC [ [http://genome.wustl.edu/genome.cgi?GENOME=Caenorhabditis%20japonica GSC: Caenorhabditis japonica ] ]
* "Caenorhabditis sp. PS1010"
* "Caenorhabditis drosophilae"
* "Caenorhabditis sp. SB341"

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