4 Weird Lab Animals

Why do scientists try to learn about /people/ by studying creatures that none of us could ever be mistaken for? Learn about model organisms, and why they’re so helpful for us. Hosted by: Hank Green -------------- Message from our subbable subscriber: Greg Dison - Arielle, tough it out. You re going to destroy med school. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776389/ http://wormclassroom.org/short-history-c-elegans-research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159423/ http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/reprints/embryo_book_optimized.pdf http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v32/n12/full/nbt.3079.html#f1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180220/ http://genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_wtd020803.html http://genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_wtd020807.html http://modencode.sciencemag.org/drosophila/introduction