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Biomedical researchers study species as disparate as worms, fruit flies, mice, z

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Question

Biomedical researchers study species as disparate as worms, fruit flies, mice, zebrafish, or rhesus monkeys to understand our genes, and even our diseases. Why?

Question 17 options:

Because these species have many inherited features that are very similar to our own.

Because these species are all prokaryotes, and therefore their genes are 99.9% identical to one another.

Because they make up an interconnected food web when bacteria are added.

Because rhesus monkeys gave us the Rh+ factor when they bit our ancestors.

Because these species have many inherited features that are very similar to our own.

Because these species are all prokaryotes, and therefore their genes are 99.9% identical to one another.

Because they make up an interconnected food web when bacteria are added.

Because rhesus monkeys gave us the Rh+ factor when they bit our ancestors.

Explanation / Answer

Because these species have many inherited features that are very similar to our own.

Each of These species share some features with us and studying these species help us understand our genetic make up. Therefore these organisms have been used as model organisms to study the human genetic composition.