模式动物

模式動物

móshì dòngwù

noun

Meanings

1 model organism (biology)
2 model animal

Characters

thing, creature

Examples

小鼠是研究人类疾病最常用的模式动物。

Xiǎo shǔ shì yánjiū rénlèi jíbìng zuì chángyòng de móshì dòngwù.

The mouse is the most commonly used model organism for studying human disease.

斑马鱼作为模式动物在发育生物学中非常重要。

Bānmǎ yú zuòwéi móshì dòngwù zài fāyù shēngwùxué zhōngfēi cháng zhòngyào.

Zebrafish are extremely important as a model organism in developmental biology.

Tips

usage

Scientific term. Common 模式动物 include 小鼠 (mouse), 果蝇 (fruit fly), 斑马鱼 (zebrafish), 线虫 (C. elegans) and 非洲爪蟾 (Xenopus). Note 模式 here means 'model/template', not 'mode'.

Stroke Order

模 mó

式 shì

动 dòng

物 wù