Constipated Worm (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Constipated Worm

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Shown here are a normal round worm (top) and a constipated round worm (bottom). The arrow points to the constipated worm's gut, which is swollen with waste because scientists crippled the worm's ability to use protons like neurotransmitters.

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Paola Nix, University of Utah.

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