The grinder of nematode C. elegans.

In the pharynx of C. elegans, the grinder, a tooth-like specialization that crushes food prior to digestion, increases in size only during the molt. Time lapse video recording of the grinder during the L4 to adult molt. The recording is played 300 times faster than real time.The original research can be accessed at http://bio.biologists.org/content/3/1...

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