Few species have benefited from humans as much as the house mouse, Mus musculus. Native to the Indian subcontinent ... Initially, the focus was on the study of cancer, but the mouse is now used as a ...

You are more like a mouse than you might think! Today, scientists are creating models of human genetic disease using mice, flies, worms, and other animals. But what do these models reveal about us?

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. These organisms are also successful models because of their versatility. “The best model species are ones that are not just two dimensional,” ...

We will illustrate these principles using examples from model organisms such as Mus Musculus, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and Arabidopsis thaliana. These systems have significantly ...