Developmental Model Organisms
Often used model organisms in developmental biology include the following:
- Vertebrates
- Zebrafish Danio rerio
- Medakafish Oryzias latipes
- Fugu (pufferfish) Takifugu rubripes
- Frog Xenopus (includes two species: Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis)
- Chicken Gallus gallus
- Mouse Mus musculus (Mammalian embryogenesis)
- Invertebrates
- Lancelet Branchiostoma lanceolatum
- Ascidian Ciona intestinalis
- Sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
- Roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans
- Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (Drosophila embryogenesis)
- Plants (Plant embryogenesis)
- Physcomitrella patens
- Arabidopsis thaliana
- Maize
- Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus
- Other
- Slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum
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