A model organism is a non-human species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries...

Model organism databases (MODs) are biological databases, or knowledgebases, dedicated to the provision of in-depth biological data for intensively studied...

This is a list of model organisms used in scientific research. Phages (infecting prokaryotes): Escherichia virus Lambda (Phage lambda) Phi X 174, the...

The history of model organisms began with the idea that certain organisms can be studied and used to gain knowledge of other organisms or as a control...

The Generic Model Organism Database (GMOD) project provides biological research communities with a toolkit of open-source software components for visualizing...

with vacuum force. Today, the axolotl is still used in research as a model organism, and large numbers are bred in captivity. They are especially easy to...

A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence...

flipping over itself. H. vulgaris is often used, like many hydra, as a model organism for morphallactic regeneration because they are easy to care for, requiring...

A genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. The exact definition...

unicellular organism, also known as a single-celled organism, is an organism that consists of a single cell, unlike a multicellular organism that consists...

toxicants. The relationship between dose and its effects on the exposed organism is of high significance in toxicology. Factors that influence chemical...

live as long as 70 years. Strongylocentrotus purpuratus is used as a model organism and its genome was the first echinoderm genome to be sequenced. The...

Ford Model T, an early car model) Model (organism) a non-human species that is studied to understand biological phenomena in other organisms, e.g. a...

being an expression system for protein production, as well as being a model organism for genetic study, Komagataella phaffii has become important for biological...

by kinship, not just by proximity. Dictyostelium has been used as a model organism in molecular biology and genetics, and is studied as an example of cell...

corn smut. The yeast-like growth of U. maydis makes it an appealing model organism for research, although its relevance in nature is unknown. The fungus...

Charles W. Woodworth's 1901 proposal of the use of this species as a model organism, D. melanogaster continues to be widely used for biological research...

Haeckel began promoting them as a model for the ancestor of all vertebrates. By 1900 lancelets had become a model organism. By the mid-20th century they had...

genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian...

and drought-tolerant and salt-tolerant varieties. Rice is used as a model organism in biology. Dry rice grain is milled to remove the outer layers; depending...

Golden Gate Park in the 1960s, has been effectively used as a classic model organism in the field of cell biology. From just 30 L of simple medium inoculated...

warm-blooded organisms (endotherms). The descendants of two isolates, K-12 and B strain, are used routinely in molecular biology as both a tool and a model organism...

post-reproduction if they have not otherwise been eaten by some other organism. So far this reversal has been observed only in the laboratory. Using the...

research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals, such as model organisms, in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the...

resources; many are listed below Model organism databases provide in-depth biological data for intensively studied organisms. PomBase: the knowledgebase for...

used as a model organism. It was the first multicellular organism to have its whole genome sequenced, and in 2019 it was the first organism to have its...

The best known species in this genus is Neurospora crassa, a common model organism in biology. Neurospora intermedia var. oncomensis is believed to be...

prokaryotic model organism, and an important species in the fields of biotechnology and microbiology, where it has served as the host organism for the majority...

undergo apoptosis which is programmed cell death. This makes C. elegans a model organism for studying cell lineage, and being able to observe the cell divisions...

that are often used in research (model organisms). For example, EcoCyc is an E. coli database. Other popular model organism databases include Mouse Genome...