Table of Model Genetic Organisms
This table indicates the status of the genome sequencing project for each organism as well as whether the organism exhibits homologous recombination.
| Organism | Genome Sequenced | Homologous Recombination | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prokaryote | |||
| Escherichia coli | Yes | Yes | |
| Eukaryote, unicellular | |||
| Dictyostelium discoideum | Yes | Yes | |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Yes | Yes | |
| Schizosaccharomyces pombe | Yes | Yes | |
| Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | Yes | No | |
| Tetrahymena thermophila | Yes | Yes | |
| Eukaryote, multicellular | |||
| Caenorhabditis elegans | Yes | Difficult | |
| Drosophila melanogaster | Yes | Difficult | |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | Yes | No | |
| Physcomitrella patens | Yes | Yes | |
| Vertebrate | |||
| Danio rerio | Yes | Yes | |
| Mus musculus | Yes | Yes | |
| Xenopus laevis (Note: and X. tropicalis) | Yes | No | |
| Homo sapiens (Note:not a model organism) | Yes | Yes | |
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