The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is important to human medicine because it
A. causes elephantiasis, a disease of the lymph glands that causes the legs of humans to swell.
B. is an intestinal parasite in human digestive tracts.
C. has programmed cell death and therefore is useful in cancer and AIDS research.
D. is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes high fevers.
C. has programmed cell death and therefore is useful in cancer and AIDS research.
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