Caenorhabditis inopinata explained

Caenorhabditis inopinata - prior to 2017 referred to as C. sp. 34. - is a sister species to C. elegans (it is classified in the 'Elegans' supergroup).^[1]

The specific epithet comes from the Latin inopinus (“unexpected”).

This gonochoristic (male-female) species was isolated from figs (Ficus septica) and fig wasps in Ishigaki Island, in Japan. It was recovered by N. Kanzaki in 2013.^[2] It is a larger species than C. elegans.

Its genome is being sequenced at the University of Miyazaki.^[3]

External links

• Caenorhabditis inopinata sequencing project at NCBI
• Caenorhabditis inopinata sequencing project at trace.ddbj.nig.ac.jp

Notes and References

1. Woodruff . Gavin C. . Phillips . Patrick C. . Dramatic evolution of body length due to post-embryonic changes in cell size in a newly discovered close relative of C. elegans . 2017-08-26 . 10.1101/181107 .
2. http://evolution.wormbase.org/index.php/LIST_OF_AVAILABLE_CAENORHABDITIS_SPECIES_and_the_state_of_their_genome_projects LIST_OF_AVAILABLE_CAENORHABDITIS_SPECIES_and_the_state_of_their_genome_projects
3. Kikuchi T., Tsai I., Berriman M., Sugimoto A. and Kanzaki N. Evolutionary insights from the genome, morphology and natural history of Caenorhabditis inopinata, the sister species of C. elegans