Quick links: Model organisms

Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant commonly used as a model species in biology. Thei...

  The chicken is one of the most common and widespread domestic animals. With a population ...

Drosophila melanogaster is a popular experimental animal because it is easily cultured in mass ...

Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms, with about 1,500 species currently described. Most yeasts ...

Because of its close genetic and physiological similarities to humans, the mouse serves as a prim...

The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, became one of the first favourite "model" org...