Nucleotide Excision Repair in Caenorhabditis elegans

Figure 2

C. elegans.

(a) View of a C. elegans culture through the microscope. Worms of different stages can be discerned. Biggest worms are adults. Small dots are eggs. Worms of intermediate size are in different larval stages

(b) Schematic drawing of the two gonads and uterus of C. elegans. Only gonad structures, but not intestine and other tissues, are schematically depicted. Different areas in the gonads, containing germ cells in different developmental stages are indicated. Embryogenesis takes place in the uterus. Head is left, and tail is right