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Fungi as Genetic Model Organisms
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Yeast and bread mold serve as eukaryotic model organisms in genetics research, since their cells process and modify proteins much like human cells.
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Neurospora crassa, the red bread mold, contributed foundational genetics discoveries; many genes studied in yeast have human counterparts.
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A yeast model works because it is eukaryotic like its human counterpart — a bacterial model lacks the same internal membranes.
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