Why Has C Elegans Proven to Be a Useful Model for Understanding

question 59

Multiple Choice

Why has C. elegans proven to be a useful model for understanding apoptosis?

• A)The animal has very few genes, so that finding those responsible is easier than in a more complex organism.
• B)The nematode undergoes a fixed and easy-to-visualize number of apoptotic events during its normal development.
• C)This plant has a long-studied aging mechanism that has made understanding its death just a last stage.
• D)While the organism ages, its cells die progressively until the whole organism is dead.
• E)All of its genes are constantly being expressed so all of its proteins are available from each cell.

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