A model organism (often shortened to model) is a non-human species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

adapted as a fluorescent marker for genes inserted into other cells or organisms. The stinging cells used by jellyfish to subdue their prey can injure...

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...

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

candidate for a model organism through which to study the genetic basis for aggression. At present, use of the betta fish as a model organism for studying...

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

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...

trademark for a cultivar of Brassica rapa, developed as a rapid life-cycle model organism for research and teaching. Wisconsin Fast Plants are a member of the...

single cell organism. Research on B. subtilis has been at the forefront of bacterial molecular biology and cytology, and the organism is a model for differentiation...

form, or with an emphasis on a particular disease or organism.[metadatabase is a database model for metadata management, global query of independent database...

subtilis is considered the best studied Gram-positive bacterium and a model organism to study bacterial chromosome replication and cell differentiation....

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...

metamorphosis, and the growth and differentiation of stem cells in the adult organism. The main processes involved in the embryonic development of animals are:...

apoptosis which is programmed cell death. This makes the c.elegana model organism for studying cell lineage, and being able to observe the cell divisions...