Announcing a prize for the isolation of a sister species to C. elegans: $4000 and the right to suggest the species name! Researchers interested in comparative biology and genomics wish to work with species that are more closely related to C. elegans than to C. brenneri, remanei and briggsae. A guide to the contest and isolation of the species has been prepared by Jim Thomas, Marie-Anne Félix, Scott Baird, Karin Kiontke, Michael Ailion, and David Fitch. Instructions for handling samples are in the guide. Prize money is handled by Paul Sternberg (pws@caltech.edu); contributions to increase the prize are welcome.
The link in this page is dead. I am trying to access the guide to identify the species.
Best,
Andre
Hi Andre. Unfortunately, I posted that on an old blogging system, the server of which crashed. When we revived the blog, in a new system, on a new server, and an entirely new hosting environment, we had lost some of the media files. Even Google fails us, four years later.
Perhaps Marie-Anne has information?