A tiny, jumping worm has a rather unusual sexual development when compared with other nematodes, and it could help give answers to evolution and genetics.

How a worm helped explain human development Adopted as a model animal for scientific research in 1963, the nematode worm c. elegans has enabled vital discoveries about human biology.

A new, open-source software that can help track the embryonic development and movement of neuronal cells throughout the body of the worm, is now available to scientists. The software is described ...