Overview
Information on published connectomics data related to C. elegans. This is being developed as part of the OpenWorm project.
Please note: this is a Work in Progress! Please get in contact if you are interested in contributing to this resource!
Example plots
Some of the generated views of the connectomics datasets covered here. Click on the images for more details.
Historical publications on C. elegans connectomics
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t1["<b>Anatomical - Chemical/electrical</b>"]
t2["<b>Extrasynaptic</b>"]
t4["<b>Gene/protein expression</b>"]
t3["<b>Functional</b>"]
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A1("<b><a href='Albertson_1976'>Albertson and Thomson 1976</a></b>")
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A("<b><a href='White_1986' >White et al. 1986</a></b>")
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B("<b><a href='Durbin_1987/' >Durbin 1987</a></b>")
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A2("<b><a href='Hall_1991/'>Hall & Russell 1991</a></b>") space space space
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C("<b><a href='Altun_2009/'>Altun et al. 2009</a></b>")
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D("<b><a href='Varshney_2011/'>Varshney et al.2011</a></b>")
G("<b><a href='Cook_2019/'>Cook et al. 2019</a></b>")
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E1("<b><a href='Serrano_2013/'>Serrano-Saiz et al. 2013</a></b>")
E("<b><a href='Pereira_2015/'>Pereira et al. 2015</a></b>")
E2("<b><a href='Gendrel_2016/'>Gendrel, Atlas & Hobert 2016</a></b>")
F("<b><a href='Bentley_2016/'>Bentley et al. 2016</a></b>")
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I("<b><a href='Cook_2020/'>Cook et al. 2020</a></b>")
J("<b><a href='Brittin_2021'>Brittin et al. 2021</a></b>")
K("<b><a href='Witvliet_2021'>Witvliet et al. 2021</a></b>")
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NP("<b><a href='Ripoll_2023'>Ripoll-Sanchez et al. 2023</a></b>")
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L("<b><a href='Taylor_2021'>Taylor et al. 2021</a></b>")
M("<b><a href='Yemini_2021'>Yemini et al. 2021</a></b>")
N("<b><a href='Beets_2023'>Beets et al. 2023</a></b>")
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H("<b><a href='Fenyves_2020/'>Fenyves et al.2020</a></b>")
P("<b><a href='Randi_2023'>Randi et al. 2023</a></b>")
R("<b><a href='Dag_2023'>Dag et al. 2023</a></b>")
T("<b><a href='Atanas_2023'>Atanas et al. 2023</a></b>")
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Another view on the data
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subgraph 1970-1980
A1["<a href='Albertson_1976/' >Albertson & Thomson 1976</a>"]:::anat
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subgraph 1980-1990
A["<a href='White_1986/' >White et al. 1986</a>"]:::anat & B["<a href='Durbin_1987/' >Durbin 1987</a>"]:::anat
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subgraph 1990-2000
A2["<a href='Hall_1991/' >Hall & Russell 1991</a>"]:::anat
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subgraph 2000-2010
C["<a href='Altun_2009/' >Altun et al. 2009</a>"]:::gene
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subgraph 2010-2020
D["<a href='Varshney_2011/' >Varshney et al.2011</a>"]:::anat & E["<a href='Pereira_2015/' >Pereira et al. 2015</a>"]:::es & E1["<a href='Serrano_2013/' >Serrano-Saiz et al. 2013</a>"]:::es & E2["<a href='Gendrel_2016/' >Gendrel, Atlas & Hobert 2016</a>"]:::es & F["<a href='Bentley_2016/' >Bentley et al. 2016 </a>"]:::es & G["<a href='Cook_2019/' >Cook et al. 2019</a>"]:::anat & H["<a href='Fenyves_2020/' >Fenyves et al.2020</a>"]:::func & I["<a href='Cook_2020/' >Cook et al. 2020</a>"]:::anat
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subgraph 2020-2030
J["<a href='Brittin_2021' >Brittin et al. 2021</a>"]:::anat & K["<a href='Witvliet_2021' >Witvliet et al. 2021</a>"]:::anat & L["<a href='Taylor_2021' >Taylor et al. 2021</a>"]:::gene & M["<a href='Yemini_2021' >Yemini et al. 2021</a>"]:::gene & N["<a href='Beets_2023' >Beets et al. 2023</a>"]:::gene & P["<a href='Randi_2023' >Randi et al. 2023</a>"]:::func & NP["<a href='Ripoll_2023' >Ripoll-Sanchez et al. 2023</a>"]:::es & R["<a href='Dag_2023' >Dag et al. 2023</a>"]:::func & T["<a href='Atanas_2023' >Atanas et al. 2023</a>"]:::func
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