The team created a number of mutant worms with engineered defects in proteins that serotonin controls; some of the proteins they tampered with affected appetite, others metabolism.

小组建立了一系列突变体的蠕虫样本，在基因上对羟色胺的蛋白质调控有缺陷。 有些篡改影响食欲，有些影响代谢。

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Dr Brenner and his team embedded their worms in blocks of plastic, sliced the blocks thinly and then stained each slice so its features would show up in an electron microscope.

Brenner博士和他的团队把蠕虫嵌入到一块塑料中，把塑料切成薄片，然后将每一薄片染色以便在电子显微镜下显示出它的特征。

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Dr Brenner and his team embedded their worms in blocks of plastic, sliced the blocks thinly and then stained each slice so its features would show up in an electron microscope.

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In previous experiments, De Pomerai's team studied worms that were genetically modified to generate a heat-stress protein when exposed to stresses other than heat.

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