The genome of the microscopic worm Caenorhabditis briggsae has been sequenced, and shows some remarkable differences from the genome of the better known — and physically similar — C. elegans.
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Blaxter, M. Two worms are better than one. Nature 426, 395–396 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/426395a
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