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Model Organisms Flashcards

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What are model organisms?

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Species assumed to be representative of other species for some characteristic of its biology

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What are characteristics of model organisms?

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Well-studied
Easy to keep and breed
Rapid reproductive development

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Caenorhabditis elegans

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Elegant worm

Invertebrate development and genetics

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Drosophila melanogaster

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Fruit flies

Genetics

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Aplysia californica

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California sea hare

Nervous system

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Danio rerio

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Zebrafish

Development

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Gasterosteus aculeatus

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Three-spined stickleback

Behavior

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Gallus domesticus

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Chicken

Development

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Mus musculus

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Mouse

Development and genetics

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