It Is a Model Organism Used to Study Various Eukaryotic

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It is a model organism used to study various eukaryotic cell and developmental processes such as cell division and cell death. Its hermaphrodite adult is composed of exactly 959 somatic (non-germ) cells, the lineage of each of which has been worked out with great precision. It is approximately 1 mm long. Which of the following describes this organism?

• A) It is a vertebrate.
• B) It is a plant pathogen that destroys many crops.
• C) Its genome codes for a few thousand genes.
• D) It can fly.
• E) It can be frozen indefinitely in a state of suspended animation.

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Definitions:

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