For 10 points, name this model organism for RNAi and apoptosis studies, a worm-like nematode common in biology research.
Chemotaxis in these organisms is maintained by GPCRs on the cilia of neurons found in the phasmid at the posterior and the inner labial organs or amphid at the anterior. Possessing a 302-cell nervous system, these organisms will be used to study molecular atrophy on the International Space Station after it was found they (*) survived the 2003 Columbia disaster. One of these was the first multi-cellular organism to have its genome sequenced, and because this organism eats RNA readily, RNAi studies are commonly performed on it. For 10 points, name this model organism for RNAi and apoptosis studies, a worm-like nematode common in biology research.
Chemotaxis in these organisms is maintained by GPCRs on the cilia of neurons found in the phasmid at the posterior and the inner labial organs or amphid at the anterior.
{C}aenorhabditis {elegans}