Five Popular Model Organisms, Part 2
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...models due to their size, physiology, and genetic similarities with humans. However, rats have some key differences...axolotl may reveal the potential humans have for a similar degree of regeneration. In addition, axolotls ...have many age-related phenotypic changes that are similar to those observed in humans. Thus, understanding...them an ideal model organism; they are relatively simple to maintain and breed and they have large, easily...