These stealthy invaders can slip into the body through skin absorption, inhalation, and ingestion, quietly stirring up health issues. Most C. elegans are hermaphrodites capable of self-fertilization, ...

Researchers identify a C. elegans gene that leads the organelles to self-destruct in sperm following fertilization of an egg. The research “comes closest to elucidating a key development process that ...

Elimination of Paternal mitochondria through the lysosomal degradation pathway in C. elegans. Cell Research 21 ... Mitochondrial endonuclease G mediates breakdown of paternal mitochondria following ...