The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and transcription).

Model organism microarrays provide the researcher with the ability to understand global gene expression changes in response to stresses and stimuli in the model organisms.

Suitable model organisms vary between applications, but many share common features such as evolutionarily conserved processes, well-characterized genetics, and life history traits that are useful for ...

When scientific acronyms no longer need to mean anything at all, you get ZFIN (for Zebrafish Model Organism Database?). No, no, I kid—ZFIN stands for ZebraFish Information Network, and for that ...

Catalog : BIOL.5395 Model Organisms Academic Catalog Id: 042693 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3 Description Model organisms are non-human, widely-studied, well-characterized organisms that are used to ...

Have you ever wondered how biologists choose what animal to use in their research? Since scientists can't do a lot of basic research on people, they study animals to shed light on everything from ...

The Hawaiian bobtail squid is a candidate model organism that harbors microbes that light up its tail and camouflage it from predators. A project to sequence its genome is under way. Macroscopic ...

The authors discuss the best criteria for choosing new models. Study of the model organisms of developmental biology was crucial in establishing evo–devo as a new discipline.

Epigenetic changes on stress gene FKBP5 can be investigated in the so-called humanized FKBP5 mouse model.

A model organism used in laboratories for the past 100 years has evolved so extensively that it may no longer be fit for purpose.

C. elegans is a useful model organism due to its animal physiological properties, its ability to replicate human diseases and its fast life cycle.