Marie-Anne Félix

Genomes: A Helpful Cousin for Our Favourite Worm

The recently published genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae provides a drastic improvement in structural annotation of the C. elegans genome, as well as a promising source of evolutionary comparisons.

A large collection of novel nematode-infecting microsporidia and their diverse interactions with C. elegans and other related nematodes

a Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Inserm, ENS, PSL Research University, 75005 Paris, France b School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 200062 Shanghai, China c Ultrapole, Institute Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France. d Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093 Unit...

Sex Determination: Ways to Evolve a Hermaphrodite

Most species of the nematode genus Caenorhabditis reproduce through males and females; C. elegans and C. briggsae, however, produce self-fertile hermaphrodites instead of females. These transitions to hermaphroditism evolved convergently through distinct modifications of germline sex determination mechanisms.

Pregnancy Rate after First Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection-In Vitro Fertilisation Cycle in Patients with Endometriomawith or without Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis

RNA interference in nematodes and the chance that favored Sydney Brenner

The efficiency of RNA interference varies between different organisms, even among nematodes. A recent report of successful RNA interference in the nematode Panagrolaimus superbus in BMC Molecular Biology has implications for the comparative study of the functional genomics of nematode species, and prompts reflections on the choice of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism.