The common roundworm has helped Monash University researchers unlock new information about fertility and genes. Professor Roger Pocock of Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute has led a ...

In a finding that bodes well for the development of new human antibiotics, Harvard researchers have determined the identity of the trigger that causes roundworm bacteria to excrete virulent substances ...

A study of DNA rearrangements in roundworm chromosomes may offer new insight into large-scale genome duplications that occur in developing tumors. In many organisms, including humans, chromosome ends ...

Transforming a fertilized egg into a fully functional adult is a complicated task. Cells must divide, move, and mature at specific times. Developmental genes control that process, turning on and off ...