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Somatic polyploidization and cellular proliferation drive body size evolution in nematodes

9 May 2000

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Most of the hypodermis of a rhabditid nematode such as Caenorhabditis elegans is a single syncytium. The size of this syncytium (as measured by body size) has evolved repeatedly in the rhabditid nematodes. Two cellular mechanisms are important in the evolution of body size: changes in the numbers of cells that fuse with the syncytium, and the extent of its acellular growth. Thus nematodes differ from mammals and...

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PMID: 10805788
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.10.5285

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