10/05/2026
Did you know that under extreme stress, C. elegans lets its offspring consume the mother’s body as a last-resort meal?
Under extreme stress, Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living nematode, can practice matriphagy, where offspring consume their mother’s body as a last-resort meal.
Yoon et al. found that during this process, free-living nematodes like C. elegans ingest oleic acid, which protects them against the toxic bacterial metabolite violacein.
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