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    Cell Death

    Organizations

    Principal Investigators

    One cell, mid-collapse

    Blebbing membrane, karyorrhexis, contents in the field

    Description

    Introduction

    Programmed cell death is a common feature of animal development. During development of the C. elegans hermaphrodite, programmed cell death (PCD) removes 131 cells from stereotyped positions in the cell lineage, mostly in neuronal lineages.

    Overview

    Themes

    Methods

    Results

    Collaborators

    Leadership

    • Marc Hammarlund, PhD

      Principal Investigator
      Yale School of Medicine

      Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience