| Literature DB >> 11988761 |
Erik M Jorgensen1, Susan E Mango.
Abstract
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans was chosen as a model genetic organism because its attributes, chiefly its hermaphroditic lifestyle and rapid generation time, make it suitable for the isolation and characterization of genetic mutants. The most important challenge for the geneticist is to design a genetic screen that will identify mutations that specifically disrupt the biological process of interest. Since 1974, when Sydney Brenner published his pioneering genetic screen, researchers have developed increasingly powerful methods for identifying genes and genetic pathways in C. elegans.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 11988761 DOI： 10.1038/nrg794
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Genet ISSN： 1471-0056 Impact factor: 53.242