i5k n0894 Strigamia maritima
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i5K Nomination for Strigamia maritima
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| Species | Strigamia maritima |
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| Importance | Model Organism |
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| Justification | Strigamia maritima, a centipede and member of the Myriapoda, displays a remarkable degree of body segmentation. S. maritima is widely used as a model to study evolution of segmentation, segment number variation as well as to understand the differentiation of body regions in arthropods and other higher organisms. |
| Nominated by | Michael Akam |
| Status | Completed |
| Date | 2012/01/27 |
| Community support | 2 |
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