16 - Worms as Model Organisms (w/ Mahtab Peyambari!)
Squirm! I\u2019m a worm. With a name as long as Caenorhabditis elegans, you might expect this model organism to be larger. What is a model organism? Why would a researcher use a worm to represent research as a model? What is the historical basis of C. elegans research? Let\u2019s learn to be scientifically conversational.
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