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Assets and Limitations of Animal Models
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Abstract
Animals, as models to be studied instead of man, have been used for a long time and have been essential for research in many areas. For instance, the success of genetics would not have been possible without Drosophila, and pharmacology not without cats and dogs. Most current pharmacologic research is done by using laboratory mice or rats, i. e., animals that are genetically not well defined. However, there are various kinds of defined laboratory strains.
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Inbred Strain Recombinant Inbred Recombinant Inbred Strain High Alcohol Consumption Congenic Line
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