Hetested his ideainatiny nematode worm calledCaenorhabditiselegansand, in 1994, published a papershowinghow touch-receptor proteins aredistributed around this worm.
He tested his idea in a tiny nematode worm called Caenorhabditis elegans and, in 1994, published a paper showing how touch-receptor proteins are distributed around this worm.