WormBook

This article is about the online review of nematode biology. For the fictional web serial, see Worm (web serial).

WormBook is an open access, comprehensive collection of original, peer-reviewed chapters covering topics related to the biology of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). WormBook also includes WormMethods, an up-to-date collection of methods and protocols for C. elegans researchers.^[1][2][3][4]

WormBook.org

The online review of C. elegans biology
Published	2005
Website	wormbook.org genetics.org/content/wormbook www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19662/

WormBook is the online text companion to WormBase,^[5] the C. elegans model organism database. Capitalizing on the World Wide Web, WormBook links in-text references (e.g. genes, alleles, proteins, literature citations) with primary biological databases such as WormBase and PubMed. C. elegans was the first multicellular organism to have its genome sequenced^[6] and is a model organism for studying developmental genetics and neurobiology.

Contents

The content of WormBook is categorized into the sections listed below, each filled with a variety of relevant chapters. These sections include:

• Genetics and genomics^[7]
• Molecular biology
• Biochemistry
• Cell Biology
• Signal transduction^[8]
• Developmental biology
• Post-embryonic development
• Sex-determination systems^[9]
• The germ line^[10]
• Neurobiology and behavior
• Evolution and ecology^[11]
• Disease models and drug discovery
• WormMethods