CIL:1762

The purpose of the dataset C. elegans terminal bulb aging is to deduce the age of the nemathode based on images of the pharynx terminal bulb (part of the eating apparatus). Images of C. elegans were taken at different chronological ages. This image is part of the day 2 data set. Note that the morphological and chronological ages are not fully correlated due to the variability among individuals even though the individuals are genetically identical. The source for the dataset is Laboratory of Genetics/NIA/NIH.

本「秀丽隐杆线虫（C. elegans）咽端球衰老数据集」的研究目标，是通过线虫咽端球——其进食器官的组成部分——的显微图像，推断线虫的实足年龄。该数据集涵盖不同实足日龄下拍摄的秀丽隐杆线虫图像，本次呈现的图像属于第2天数据集的一部分。需注意，即便个体为遗传同源的同基因系，由于个体间存在生理差异，形态年龄与实足年龄之间并非完全相关。本数据集的来源为美国国立衰老研究所（NIA）与美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）遗传学实验室。