Project name: Caenorhabditis elegans

Description: 200 wild strains of C. elegans from 58 collection locations on six continents. These strains cover virtually every known collection location. The samples were isolated from a variety of sources, including rotting fruits, compost, mushroom farms, soil, and snails. To characterize genomic variation among these strains, we examined restriction-site associated DNA (RAD)18 covering 8% of the 100 megabase genome.

Data type: variation

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: Evolution

Last updated: 2011-11-03