Sleepy Worm (IMAGE)

Brown University

Sleepy Worm

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While conducting aversion studies with the C. elegans nematode, researchers noticed something strange. Although nematodes are usually in almost constant motion, the ones with an overexpressed osm-11 gene, part of the Notch signaling pathway, started taking "naps."

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Hart Lab/Brown University

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