Laboratory mouse (Mus musculus)

Over the past century, the house mouse (Mus musculus) has become the preferred mammalian model for genetic research. In the early days of biomedical research, scientists developed mouse models by selecting and breeding specific mice to produce offspring with certain desired characteristics. Now scientists are using mice to mimic human genetic diseases to study their development and test new treatments. As a scientific tool, mice have helped accelerate research and have enabled the development of important new drugs. The mouse genome sequence was published in December 2002. Its genome is approximately 3,500 million base pairs long and contains over 23,000 protein-coding genes. #NikolaysGeneticsLessons #MouseAnimal #ExperimentLiteratureSubject #AnimalFilmGenre #LaboratoryBuildingFunction #ScienceTVGenre #labRatTesting #JohnsHopkinsUniversityOfMedicine #RobertJAdams #researchAnimalResources #animalResearch #medicineTesting #vikramGandhiVice #vikramGandhi #biomedicalResearch #prisonerMedicalExperiments #allenHornblum #careerLabRat #professionalLabRat #clinicalResearch #laboratoryExperiment #Genetics