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1 Guinea pig 7,966 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
2 Rice 7,570 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
3 Sea urchin 4,849 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
4 Drosophila melanogaster 2,836 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
5 Axolotl 2,607 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
6 House mouse 2,008 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
7 Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1,651 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
8 Planarian 1,444 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
9 Brown rat 1,309 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
10 Zebrafish 1,223 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
11 Caenorhabditis elegans 1,050 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
12 Model organism 795 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
13 Arabidopsis thaliana 780 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
14 Tobacco mosaic virus 743 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
15 Lambda phage 684 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
16 Laboratory rat 578 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
17 Zebra Finch 510 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
18 African clawed frog 479 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
19 Mycoplasma genitalium 290 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
20 C57BL/6 262 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
21 Xenopus 260 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
22 Vibrio fischeri 235 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
23 Animal model 225 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
24 Schizosaccharomyces pombe 222 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
25 Common Frog 220 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
26 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 219 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
27 Northern Leopard Frog 219 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
28 Tetrahymena 218 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
29 Dictyostelium discoideum 201 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
30 Neurospora crassa 199 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
31 BALB/c 186 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
32 Pichia pastoris 182 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
33 Mimulus 170 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
34 Oryzias latipes 169 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
35 Populus trichocarpa 158 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
36 Sebright (chicken) 143 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
37 Physcomitrella patens 128 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
38 Tammar Wallaby 106 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
39 Medicago 100 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
40 Severe combined immunodeficiency (non-human) 99 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
41 California sea slug 95 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
42 Ciona intestinalis 89 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
43 Thermus thermophilus 84 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
44 Aspergillus nidulans 80 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
45 Ossabaw Island Hog 73 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
46 Gray Short-tailed Opossum 70 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
47 NOD mice 67 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
48 Gnotobiotic animal 67 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
49 Thalassiosira pseudonana 62 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
50 Medicago truncatula 60 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
51 Japanese Fire Belly Newt 60 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
52 Brachypodium distachyon 39 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
53 Sinorhizobium meliloti 38 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
54 History of model organisms 36 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
55 Ovariectomized rat 35 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
56 Mimulus guttatus 34 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
57 Drosophila simulans 34 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
58 Iberian Ribbed Newt 33 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
59 Western clawed frog 29 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
60 Pseudomonas phage Φ6 23 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
61 Symsagittifera roscoffensis 22 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
62 Germ-free animal 11 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
63 Φ29 phage 11 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
64 Brattleboro rat 11 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
65 Schoenoplectus americanus 10 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
66 Macrostomum lignano 8 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
67 Crithidia fasciculata 7 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
68 Linanthus parryae 7 Sparkline of topic views for 2 weeks
69 History of research on Caenorhabditis elegans less than 5 views

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Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: May 31, 2012 04:46 UTC (38 seconds ago)

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A model organism is one that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the model organism will provide insight into the workings of other organisms.

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