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THE free-living nematodes of the sub-order Rhabditina are widespread in the soil1 and relatively easily cultivable2–4 on nutrient agar in the presence of bacteria and have short life-cycles (3–7 days from hatching to sexual maturity), with adult sizes up to 3 mm. in length. They offer, in our estimation, certain very interesting possibilities for the study of basic genetic phenomena—morphological, cytogenetic and physiological.
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DOUGHERTY, E., CALHOUN, H. Possible Significance of Free-living Nematodes in Genetic Research. Nature 161, 29 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161029a0
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