<I>C. elegans</I> (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

<I>C. elegans</I>

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Scientists have discovered that C. elegans, a microscopic worm biologists have used in the lab to identify important biological phenomena, suffers from natural viral infections. This may mean that C. elegans can help scientists learn more about how hosts and viruses interact.

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Marie-Anne Felix, the Monod Institute

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