In the 1970s and 1980s, investigators in the laboratory of Robert Horvitz demonstrated the existence of genes that directly regulate a process of programmed cell death. They did their work in C. elegans, a small nematode worm. What is the likely reason that they did these experiments with C. elegans cells and not with mammalian or human cells?

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The Answer of In the 1970s and 1980s, investigators in the laboratory of Robert Horvitz demonstrated the existence of genes that directly regulate a process of programmed cell death. They did their work in C. elegans, a small nematode worm. What is the likely reason that they did these experiments with C. elegans cells and not with mammalian or human cells?

In the 1970s and 1980s, Investigators in the Laboratory of Robert