Contributor The University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center

Update
02-03-2016
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Reference
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade, Undergraduate
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This lesson, which includes illustrations and an audio explanation, explores the use of rats and mice in the laboratory study of addiction, discussing what has been learned from this research, and how it can be applied to human addiction. The concept of model organisms is explained, with information on chimpanzees, mice, zebrafish, fruit flies, and roundworms.