Cellular identity is defined by gene activity that drives intercellular communication and is pivotal to understand mechanisms underlying multicellular organisms. In a new report Abbas Ghaddar and a research team in biology, pediatrics, systems biology, genome sciences, bioengineering and cardiovascular research in the U.S., presented an atlas of gene activity of a fertile adult metazoan Caenorhabditis elegans at the level of single-cell resolution. The compendium comprised 180 distinct cell types and a whopping 19,657 expressed genes. The outcomes are now published in Science Advances.
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