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A uniform genetic nomenclature for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

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A uniform system of genetic nomenclature for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is described. Convenient ways are specified to designate genes, mutations and strains, and to attempt to avoid name duplications.

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  1. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA

    H. Robert Horvitz

  2. Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CB2 2QH, Cambridge, England

    Sydney Brenner & Jonathan Hodgkin

  3. Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Minnesota, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA

    Robert K. Herman

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Horvitz, H.R., Brenner, S., Hodgkin, J. et al. A uniform genetic nomenclature for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans . Molec. Gen. Genet. 175, 129–133 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425528

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