It is a model organism used to study various eukaryotic cell and developmental processes such as cell division and cell death. Its hermaphrodite adult is composed of exactly 959 somatic (non-germ) cells, the lineage of each of which has been worked out with great precision. It is approximately 1 mm long. Which of the following describes this organism?
A) It is a vertebrate.
B) It is a plant pathogen that destroys many crops.
C) Its genome codes for a few thousand genes.
D) It can fly.
E) It can be frozen indefinitely in a state of suspended animation.