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![[-- animal model --]](Images/Terms/animal_m.gif){kind=small}
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A laboratory animal useful for medical research because it has specific characteristics that resemble a human disease or disorder. Scientists can create animal models, usually laboratory mice, by transferring new genes into them.
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Dr. William Pavan, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines animal model. |
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related terms: |
gene, deletion, mouse model, mutation, transgenic | |
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