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Abstract
The 97-megabase genomic sequence of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans reveals over 19,000 genes. More than 40 percent of the predicted protein products find significant matches in other organisms. There is a variety of repeated sequences, both local and dispersed. The distinctive distribution of some repeats and highly conserved genes provides evidence for a regional organization of the chromosomes.
↵* See genome.wustl.edu/gsc/C_elegans/ andwww.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/C_elegans/ for a list of authors. Address correspondence to The Washington University Genome Sequencing Center, Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Parkway, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA. E-mail: worm{at}watson.wustl.edu; or The Sanger Centre, The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK. E-mail: worm{at}sanger.ac.uk
