Caenorhabditis sinica

Caenorhabditis sinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Rhabditidae
Genus: Caenorhabditis
Species: C. sinica
Binomial name
Caenorhabditis sinica
Huang, at al, 2014[1]
Synonyms

Caenorhabditis sp. 5

Caenorhabditis sinica, prior to 2014 described as sp. 5, is a species of nematodes in the genus Caenorhabditis. It is found in East Asia. It is found frequently in China.

It groups with the C. briggsae/C. nigoni branch in the 'Elegans" group in phylogenetics studies.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Description of Caenorhabditis sinica sp. n. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a Nematode Species Used in Comparative Biology for C. elegans. Ren-E Huang, Xiaoliang Ren, Yifei Qiu and Zhongying Zhao, PLOS, November 6, 2014, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110957
  2. ↑ Félix, Marie-Anne; Braendle, Christian; Cutter, Asher D. (April 11, 2014). "A Streamlined System for Species Diagnosis in Caenorhabditis (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with Name Designations for 15 Distinct Biological Species". PLOS ONE. 9: e94723. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094723. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  • Wang G-X, Ren S, Ren Y, Ai H, Cutter AD: Extremely high molecular diversity within the East Asian nematode Caenorhabditis sp. 5. Molecular Ecology 2010,19:5022-5029.
  • Kiontke K, Felix MA, Ailion M, Rockman M, Braendle C, Penigault JB, Fitch D: A phylogeny and molecular barcodes for Caenorhabditis, with numerous new species from rotting fruits. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011, 11:339.
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