CIL:1740

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.「秀丽隐杆线虫咽终端球衰老数据集」（C. elegans terminal bulb aging）的构建目标，是基于线虫咽部终端球（取食器官的组成部分）的图像推断其年龄。该数据集采集了不同实足年龄（chronological age）的秀丽隐杆线虫（C. elegans）图像，本示例图像属于第2天数据集的一部分。需注意，即便个体遗传背景完全一致，由于个体间存在自然差异，其形态学年龄（morphological age）与实足年龄之间并非完全相关。本数据集的来源为遗传学实验室/美国国家衰老研究所（National Institute on Aging, NIA）/美国国立卫生研究院（National Institutes of Health, NIH）。