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Published online 16 December 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1309
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The year of the worm?
The earthworm is finally inching its way into the genomic age.
Interest in the humble earthworm seems to have seen a revival of late. Stephen Stürzenbaum from Kings College London and his team are hoping to unveil its draft genome next year, and Stürzenbaum tells Nature News why he has written a review on the topic for Proceedings of the Royal Society B1.
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The earthworm is important in underground ecology. How to use the researchers' fruit to further our knowledge about the function of earthwarm in the underground? It is what I want to know.