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MODEL ORGANISM Flashcards

1
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Organisms (non-human species) used for the study
of biological processes

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MODEL ORGANISM

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Genes with similar functions in different
organisms tend to be similar or identical
in structure and nucleotide sequence.

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model organism

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model organism Show facts or principles that are relevant to an entire domain of life

true or false

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true

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characteristics of model organism

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They are often small,
have short generation time,
easy to work with in large numbers
and cheap to maintain,
produce many offspring

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model organism are used to study human disease

true or false

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true

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is an example of a prokaryote or bacteria model organism

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Escherichia coli

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is the
classical model of MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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Escherichia coli

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It is used to study transcription, translation,
recombination, DNA repair and gene
regulation

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Prokaryotes (Bacteria):

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bacteria or prokaryotes model organism cell divides every how many minutes?

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2 minutes

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a specific yeast used as a model organism

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Baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

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was the first eukaryote genome to be fully
sequences

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Yeast: Baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

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___ are useful organism for the study of
basic eukaryotic phenomena

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Yeasts

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Cell cycle regulation, metabolism
protein folding, and DNA repair

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Yeast: Baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

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____ is more related to animals
than plants, they are excellent
model organisms for the study of
human cells

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Yeast

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15
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yeast Chief limitation is the lack of ___

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distinct tissues

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advantages of yeast as a model organism

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  • Excellent genetics
  • Genes can be easily cloned
  • Genome sequence complete
  • Possess all basic eukaryotic organelles
  • Cell cycle control similar to animals
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17
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disadvantage of yeast as a model organism

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no distinct organism

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18
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It was chosen as a model
organisms for its simplicity and experimental
tractability, with the initial interest in the development
of the nervous system

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Caenorhabditis elegans

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19
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First multicellular organism with its
complete genome sequenced

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Caenorhabditis elegans

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Caenorhabditis elegans’s rapid life cycle

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3-days from egg to adult

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a distinct feature of Caenorhabditis elegans

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self-fertilizing hermaphrodite.

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hermaphrodite means

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self fertilizing

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23
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It has an invariant number of
somatic cells

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Caenorhabditis elegans

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24
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Forward and reverse genetic have led to
the molecular identification of many genes
in developmental and cell biological
process

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Caenorhabditis elegans

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25
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is where we study the phenotype then finding
the genus that is responsible for
the particular phenotype

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Forward genetics

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is where we
already know the gene and the
DNA sequence, but the functions
and how it affects the phenotype is
not present.

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Reversed genetics

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27
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It is transparent so individual cells are
easily visualized

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Caenorhabditis elegans

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28
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Caenorhabditis elegans, In and adult hermaphrodite, there are ___ neurons

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302

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29
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how many percent of C. elegans protein
encoding genes have orthologues
in the human genome.

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38%

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Caenorhabditis elegans advantage as a model organism

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  • Excellent genetics
  • Hermaphrodites
  • RNAi effective
  • Genome sequence complete
  • Few cells: 959 cells, 302 neurons
  • All cell lineages are known
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Caenorhabditis elegans disadvantage as model organism

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  • Limited external morphology
  • Less similar to human than flies
  • Some embryological manipulations difficult
32
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a specific fruit fly used as a model organism

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Drosophila melanogaster

33
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is a model used
to study several human diseases

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Fruit Fly: Drosophila melanogaster

34
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Extensively used in biomedical research

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fruit fly

35
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Mutant genes identified in the __ that
produce abnormalities of the nervous
system have been found to have human
counterparts

A

fruit fly

36
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Utilized for the transfer of mutant human
disease genes using recombinant DNA
technology

A

fruit fly

37
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The manipulability of its genetic system and
its comparable biological complexity to
mammals make it a good model organism

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fruit fly

38
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Provided new insights into cancer,
neurodegenerative diseases, behavior,
immunity, aging and development

A

fruit fly

39
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fruit fly is used by ____

A

thomas hunt morgan

40
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fruit fly is used by thomas hunt morgan that is related to the theory of __

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chromosomal theory of inheritance

41
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fruit fly’s advantage

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  • Genome sequence complete
  • RNAi effective
  • Fast generation time
  • Transgenic animals easily generated
  • Mosaic analysis
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fruit fly’s disadvantage

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  • Embryological manipulations difficult
43
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Vertebrate systems such
as the ____ provide an accurate model for
human disease conditions

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zebrafish

44
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what specific zebrafish is used as a model organism

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danio rerio

45
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Small and cheaper to maintain than mice

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio):

46
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The embryos are nearly transparent which
allows the observation of the development
of internal structures

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio):

47
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Eggs are fertilized outside the mother’s
body, thus useful for studying early
development

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio):

48
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Similar genetic structure to humans

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio):

49
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Has the same major organs and tissues
as humans

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio):

50
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Their blood, kidneys, and eyes
share many features with human
systems

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio):

51
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Zebrafish (Danio rerio)’s advantage

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  • Simplest vertebrate with good genetics
  • Easy examination of morphological defects (clear embryos)
  • Embryological manipulations possible
  • Organ systems similar to other vertebrates (eyes,
    heart, blood, GIT)
  • Rapid vertebrate development
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Zebrafish (Danio rerio)’s disadvantage

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  • Cannot easily make transgenic animals
53
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a model organism that Contributed to the knowledge of the
immune system, virology, cell biology, cancer and
genetics

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chick embryo

54
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a model organism that are used to study development

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chick embryo

55
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chick embryo is can be used as well in what assay

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camp assay

56
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Chick Embryo’s advantage

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-Availability, low cost
- Accessibility, outside of mother
- Well suited for embryological manipulation
- Easily transfected by avian retroviruses

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Chick Embryo’s disadvantage

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  • Limited genome data at present
58
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a model organism Used to study aspects of human biology and medicine

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mouse

59
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Closest mammalian model organism to
humans

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mouse

60
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The advantage of the mouse system is the
ability to make __

A

targeted gene knockouts

61
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___ are usually
utilized during reverse genetics
and are non-functional

A

Gene knockouts

62
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___was once the
animal of choice decades ago but became
unpopular because its genome cannot
tolerate insertion of foreign DNA near the
extent of the mouse genome

A

Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

63
Q

The strength of using a ___
as a model organism is that it
provides an accurate model for
disease conditions.

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vertebrae

64
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mouse’s advantage as a model organism

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  • Mammal with brains similar to human
  • Reverse genetics
  • Developmental overview is same for all mammals
  • Construction of chimeric embryos possible
  • Availability of material at all stages
  • Source of primary cells for culture
65
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mouse’s disadvantage model organism

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-Forward genetics difficult
- Embryonic manipulations difficult (inside mother)
- Development and life cycle relatively slow (months)

66
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Arabidopsis thaliana is also known as

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thalecress

67
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A sophisticated model for the plant
kingdom

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Arabidopsis thaliana

68
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Small size, easy genetics, and with prolific
seed production through self pollination

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Arabidopsis thaliana

69
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a model organism Recognized because of its small genome

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Arabidopsis thaliana

70
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Arabidopsis thaliana’s advantage

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  • Many diseases, self-reporting mutants
  • Some good family pedigrees
  • Genome sequence complete
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Arabidopsis thaliana’s disadvantage

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-Fetal material difficult
- No experimental access

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