C. elegans under microscope (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

C. elegans under microscope

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Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), seen here under a microscope, offer a surprisingly good model for studying the function of sleep in humans and other mammals.

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University of Nevada, Reno

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