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Science 25 March 2005:
Vol. 307. no. 5717, pp. 1885 - 1886
DOI: 10.1126/science.1108872
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Perspectives

CELL BIOLOGY:
Whither Model Organism Research?

Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston

Model organisms such as the yeast, worm, and fruit fly have been stalwart allies of biologists for decades. But now that we know so much about the cell and molecular mechanisms of these organisms, is it time to retire them to the lab's dusty top shelf? Not likely, say Fields and Johnston in their Perspective. The authors argue that model organisms will remain in the research spotlight for many years to com

S. Fields is in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Genome Sciences and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. M. Johnston is in the Department of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. E-mail: fields{at}u.washington.edu, mj{at}genetics.wustl.edu

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