Slither (software)
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Slither is an application designed to track the movement of C. elegans
worms in a laboratory environment. It was developed by the Small Neural Systems Group of Dr. Catharine Rankin, at the Brain Research Centre located at the University of British Columbia.
Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
, Slither is free software
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Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living, transparent nematode , about 1 mm in length, which lives in temperate soil environments. Research into the molecular and developmental biology of C. elegans was begun in 1974 by Sydney Brenner and it has since been used extensively as a model...
worms in a laboratory environment. It was developed by the Small Neural Systems Group of Dr. Catharine Rankin, at the Brain Research Centre located at the University of British Columbia.
Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
, Slither is free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
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