Caenorhabditis doughertyi is a species of nematodes in the genus Caenorhabditis. Prior to 2014, it was referred to as C. sp. 10[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabditidae |
| Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
| Species: | C. doughertyi
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| Caenorhabditis doughertyi Felix, Braendle & Cutter, 2014
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Caenorhabditis sp. 10 | |
JU1333 wild isolate was collected from rotting cacao fruits in Kerala, India in 2007.
The specific epithet is a tribute to Ellsworth Dougherty who was first studied the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans in the laboratory with Victor Nigon in the 1940s.
This species groups with C. brenneri in the 'Elegans' supergroup in phylogenetic studies.
References
edit- ^ Félix, Marie-Anne; Braendle, Christian; Cutter, Asher D. (11 April 2014). "A Streamlined System for Species Diagnosis in Caenorhabditis (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with Name Designations for 15 Distinct Biological Species". PLOS ONE. 9 (4): e94723. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...994723F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094723. PMC 3984244. PMID 24727800.
External links
edit- Caenorhabditis doughertyi at the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, University of Minnesota
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