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Chapter 17.2, Problem 4LO
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To describe: The features of Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, Mus musculus, and Arabidopsis thaliana that have made these organisms valuable models in developmental genetics.
Introduction: The growth and development of an organism are controlled by genes. Developmental genetics gives us insight into how these genes influence the growth and development of an organism. The patterns of morphogenesis in different species are investigated. Information necessary to build an organism is passed in the form of genes from one generation to the next.
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