My new topic is focused on animal
testing and how it benefits the human society, with the focus on mice and
chimpanzee in particular. One of the avenues that I decided to go down
concerning my topic was how closely mice genetics related to human genetics. I
feel as though that it’s very important to understand the complete genetic,
mental, and physical comparisons that the specific animals being tested share
with humans. When concerning mice, I was able to find out that we as humans
share a lot of the same genetic makeup of mice, which allows us to use mice to
further research human diseases.
I came across a scholarly source
that explains how the genetic makeup of mice is used to help us research human
diseases. “The advantages of the
mouse for behavioral studies include an extensive array of genetic technologies
and an elaborate behavioral repertoire that can be used to create models of
human disease.”(The Mouse: Genetics meets Behavior) The
article goes into intense detail about the inside structure of a mouse and its behavior
phenotypes. The article explains how mice are model organism when concerning
animal testing, which is the main reason they are the most tested on. “The mouse is especially important as a
model organism for behavioral studies because of the ability to manipulate its
genome and to observe the resulting phenotypic consequences using molecular,
cellular and electrophysiological approaches.” (The Mouse: Genetics Meets Behavior).
The article is good grounds for the basis of my research paper and helps me
explain why animal testing is indeed beneficial to human society. This article
will lead me into a multitude of other topics concerning animal testing such as
the actual test being done and how they are done.
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