What makes a model organism?

Endeavour

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 209-212

  Leonelli, Sabina ^a   Ankeny, Rachel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84888429982     PISSN: 01609327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2013.06.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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