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The concept of '''model species''' refers to biological species used in research to exemplarily elucidate biological processes. | The concept of '''model species''' refers to biological species used in biomedical research to exemplarily elucidate biological processes, especially at the molecular and cellular levels. | ||
Typical examples of model species include the bacterium Escherichia coli, the worm Caenorhabditis elegans, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the frog Xenopus laevis and the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana. | |||
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The concept of model species refers to biological species used in biomedical research to exemplarily elucidate biological processes, especially at the molecular and cellular levels.
Typical examples of model species include the bacterium Escherichia coli, the worm Caenorhabditis elegans, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the frog Xenopus laevis and the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana.