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    Question: Whats a model plant?

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    Asked by Madeluen to Sahra on 9 Mar 2017.
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      Sahra Uygun answered on 9 Mar 2017:


      Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant, is a model organism. Model plants are species of plants that are easy to grow, maintain and manipulate genes in laboratory. With these characteristics in an organism, it is easy to study functions of genes and transfer the information to other organisms.

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