When an organism encounters a threat in its environment, it is to the species’ advantage to warn others of the peril. The microscopic roundworm C. elegans regularly encounters dangers in its ...

Researchers have made a significant advance in understanding how genes are controlled in living organisms. The new study focuses on critical snippets of RNA in the tiny, transparent roundworm ...

Diet determines the placement of methylation signatures like post-its at specific sites on a messenger RNA (mRNA) marking the molecules for degradation, a new study on the microscopic model worm, ...