> See also: > - [[Taxonomy]] # Model Systems There are regulations that prevent researchers from performing most types of experiments on human subjects. There life cycle of most model organisms are extremely short, allowing for their development to be quickly observed and for new generations to be created without the need for long incubation periods. | Organism | Common Name | | ---- | ---- | | Homo sapiens | Humans | | Mus musculus | Mouse (Murine) | | Rattus norvegicus | | | Drosophila melanogaster | | | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | | | Escherichia coli | | | C elegans |a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68KXOYTc1mk ## E. Coli you probably got a lot of e coli in your e colon ahaha ## Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly me to the moon ## Prominent Cell Lines > See also: > - [[Cell Cultures]] - [ ] HEK (Human Epithelial Kidney) - [ ] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurkat_cells The same concept of macroscopic model organisms apply when dealing with cell culture. Even if an experiment is investigating the properties of a specific cell type, using When investigating cell type-specific metabolism, it would likely be important to use the exact type of cell being studied. Meanwhile, if you are simply investigating the binding characteristics/behavior of specific genes or proteins of a cell, a more generalized cell line might be easier to work with.