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Biological: Model organisms are studied to help understand particular ____ phenomena
In vivo: Experimentation with them is ____ (two words)
Insight: Often discoveries made in one provide ____ into the workings of others
Disease: Animal models are widely used to research human ____
Escherichiacoli: The first model for molecular biology was the bacterium ____ (full name)
Three: There are ____ main types of animal models
Homologous: This type of animal model has the same causes, symptoms and treatments as humans would
Isomorphic: This type of animal model shares the same symptoms and treatments as humans would
Predictive: When researchers don’t know the cause of a disease they often use this type of animal model, these models also display the same treatment characteristics as humans
Mouse: Closest mammalian model organism to humans
Rat: Principal model organism to link gene function
FruitFly: Common name for this popular winged model that is arguably the ‘original’ model organism as it has been used in the lab since 1901
Zebrafish: Common name for this popular finned model, notable for its regenerative abilities
GregorMendel: The method used to select some of the first model organisms was created by ____, bet he had no idea what he was creating when he was playing with his peas (full name)
Genetics: In 1901 a lab at Harvard University was the first to use Drosophila as a model for studying ____
Roundworm: This model is unique in that it can be grown and genetically manipulated with the speed and ease of a microorganism while offering the features of a real animal (common name)
Arabidopsis: A small flowering plant and common model organism in plant biology and genetics
Genome: All the common model organisms have their ____ sequenced
Xenopus: ____ laevis is a commonly used model for toxicology, neuroscience, and developmental and cell biology
BakersYeast: The common name for this yeast that was the first eukaryotic genome to be completely sequenced (two words)
Model Organisms
Across:3. | Common name for this popular finned model, notable for its regenerative abilities | 5. | Often discoveries made in one provide ____ into the workings of others | 7. | All the common model organisms have their ____ sequenced | 9. | This type of animal model has the same causes, symptoms and treatments as humans would | 11. | Common name for this popular winged model that is arguably the ‘original’ model organism as it has been used in the lab since 1901 |
| 12. | Principal model organism to link gene function | 16. | A small flowering plant and common model organism in plant biology and genetics | 17. | Animal models are widely used to research human ____ | 19. | The first model for molecular biology was the bacterium ____ (full name) | 20. | The method used to select some of the first model organisms was created by ____, bet he had no idea what he was creating when he was playing with his peas (full name) |
| | Down:1. | ____ laevis is a commonly used model for toxicology, neuroscience, and developmental and cell biology | 2. | This model is unique in that it can be grown and genetically manipulated with the speed and ease of a microorganism while offering the features of a real animal (common name) | 4. | The common name for this yeast that was the first eukaryotic genome to be completely sequenced (two words) | 6. | Experimentation with them is ____ (two words) | 8. | This type of animal model shares the same symptoms and treatments as humans would |
| 10. | In 1901 a lab at Harvard University was the first to use Drosophila as a model for studying ____ | 13. | There are ____ main types of animal models | 14. | Model organisms are studied to help understand particular ____ phenomena | 15. | When researchers don’t know the cause of a disease they often use this type of animal model, these models also display the same treatment characteristics as humans | 18. | Closest mammalian model organism to humans |
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Model Organisms
Across:3. | Common name for this popular finned model, notable for its regenerative abilities | 5. | Often discoveries made in one provide ____ into the workings of others | 7. | All the common model organisms have their ____ sequenced | 9. | This type of animal model has the same causes, symptoms and treatments as humans would | 11. | Common name for this popular winged model that is arguably the ‘original’ model organism as it has been used in the lab since 1901 |
| 12. | Principal model organism to link gene function | 16. | A small flowering plant and common model organism in plant biology and genetics | 17. | Animal models are widely used to research human ____ | 19. | The first model for molecular biology was the bacterium ____ (full name) | 20. | The method used to select some of the first model organisms was created by ____, bet he had no idea what he was creating when he was playing with his peas (full name) |
| | Down:1. | ____ laevis is a commonly used model for toxicology, neuroscience, and developmental and cell biology | 2. | This model is unique in that it can be grown and genetically manipulated with the speed and ease of a microorganism while offering the features of a real animal (common name) | 4. | The common name for this yeast that was the first eukaryotic genome to be completely sequenced (two words) | 6. | Experimentation with them is ____ (two words) | 8. | This type of animal model shares the same symptoms and treatments as humans would |
| 10. | In 1901 a lab at Harvard University was the first to use Drosophila as a model for studying ____ | 13. | There are ____ main types of animal models | 14. | Model organisms are studied to help understand particular ____ phenomena | 15. | When researchers don’t know the cause of a disease they often use this type of animal model, these models also display the same treatment characteristics as humans | 18. | Closest mammalian model organism to humans |
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