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

question 14

Multiple Choice

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

• A) C. elegans does not naturally use apoptosis, but can be induced to do so in the laboratory.
• B) C. elegans undergoes a fixed and easy-to-visualise number of apoptotic events during its normal development.
• C) C. elegans has large cells wherein apoptosis is easily observed without the aid of a microscope.
• D) As C. elegans ages, its cells die progressively until the whole organism is dead.

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