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In Vivo Modeling of the Morbid Human Genome using Danio rerio
Published on: August 24, 2013
Special Issue "Using Model Organisms to Study Complex Human Diseases"
1Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari (IBPM) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), at Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università Sapienza di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
|June 26, 2026
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A model organism is defined as a living species that allows the study of specific biological problems, where discoveries may be applied-with a limited number of adjustments-to a wide range of other species [...].
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