Post-embryonic development in the ventral cord of Caenorhabditis elegans
- 10 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
- Vol. 275 (938), 287-297
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1976.0084
Abstract
Fifty six nerve cells are added to the ventral cord and associated ganglia of C. elegans at about the time of the 1st larval molt. These cells are produced by the uniform division of 13 neuroblasts followed by a defined pattern of cell deaths. Comparison with previous data suggest that there is a relationship between the ancestry of a cell and its function. The significance of programmed cell death is discussed.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The structure of the ventral nerve cord of Caenorhabditis elegansPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, 1976
- Death in Embryonic SystemsScience, 1966