Caenorhabditis brenneri is a small nematode, closely related to the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Its genome is being sequenced by Washington University in St. Louis Genome Sequencing Center.[1] This species has previously been referred to as C. sp 4 and Caenorhabditis sp. CB5161, but was recently formally described and given its scientific name.[2] This name is in honor of Sydney Brenner, recognizing his pioneering role in starting active research in the field of C. elegans biology and development.
| Caenorhabditis brenneri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabditidae |
| Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
| Species: | C. brenneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Caenorhabditis brenneri Sudhaus & Kiontke, 2007
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This species can hybridize with Caenorhabditis remanei, but only when C. remanei males mate with C. brenneri females, and then the offspring are apparently sterile.[2]
This species groups with C. doughertyi in the 'Elegans' supergroup in phylogenetic studies.
References
edit- ^ "Caenorhabditis n. sp. PB2801". Washington University School of Medicine Genome Sequencing Center. Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
- ^ a b Walter Sudhaus & Karin Kiontke (2007). "Comparison of the cryptic nematode species Caenorhabditis brenneri sp. n. and C. remanei (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with the stem species pattern of the Caenorhabditis Elegans group" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1456: 45–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1456.1.2.
External links
edit- View the caePb2 genome assembly in the UCSC Genome Browser
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