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[Relevance of animal models in the study of human pathologies: a mouse model of Down syndrome].
Biologie aujourd'hui - 1 Jan 2010
Morice Elise
Abstract excerpt
Animal models provide a simplified representation of biological systems impossible to study directly in the human being. Regarding genetic pathologies, mouse models are the most studied since they enable to reproduce in animals the mutation of the gene or genes responsible for the disease and to study the phenotypic consequences. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder arising from the presence of a third copy of the...
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