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'''WormBook''' is an open access, comprehensive collection of original, [[peer-review]]ed chapters covering topics related to the [[Portal:Biology|biology]] of ''[[Caenorhabditis elegans]]'' (''C. elegans''). WormBook also includes WormMethods, an up-to-date collection of methods and protocols for ''C. elegans'' researchers.
WormBook is the online text companion to [[Wormbase]], the ''C. elegans'' [[model organism]] [[database]]. Capitalizing on the World Wide Web, WormBook links in-text references (e.g. [[gene]]s, alleles, [[protein]]s, literature citations) with primary biological databases such as WormBase and [[PubMed]]. C. elegans was the first [[multi-cellular]] organism to have its [[genome]] sequenced. It is a model organism for studying developmental genetics and neurobiology.
==Contents==
The content of WormBook is categorized into the sections listed below, each filled with a variety of relevant chapters. These sections include:
*Genetics and genomics
*Molecular biology
*Biochemistry
*Cell biology
*Signal transduction
*Developmental control
*Post-embryonic development
*Sex determination
*The germ line
*Neurobiology and behavior
*Evolution and ecology
*Disease models and drug discovery
*WormMethods
==External links==
* [http://www.wormbook.org/ The WormBook website]
* [http://www.wormbase.org/ WormBase], the database companion to WormBook
* [http://www.wormbase.org/forums/index.php?board=31.0/ The WormBook Discussion Forum]
[[Category:Bioinformatics]]
[[Category:Biology books]]
[[Category:Cell biology]]
[[Category:WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology articles]]
[[Category:Caenorhabditis elegans]]
[[Category:Proteins]]
[[Category:Developmental biology]]
[[Category:Information science]]