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- Molecular Modeling for Organic Chemistry - Summary of lecture course which aims to introduce the hierarchy of computational modeling methods used in Organic Chemistry. Links to background and supplemental information.
- Generic Model Organism Database Construction Set - Bioinformatics resources, and projects of the Agricultural Research Service, and the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
- WWW Virtual Library: Model Organisms - Guide to resources for including bacteria, yeast, Drosophila, C. elegans, mouse, zebrafish, Dictylostelium, and Arabidopsis.
- Model Organisms WWW Virtual Library - Guide to web resources for all major model organisms, including Drosophila (fly), C. elegans (worm), mouse, zebrafish, E. coli, Dictylostelium, and Arabidopsis.
- The E. coli Index - Guide to information relating to the model organism Escherichia coli primarily aimed for the academic community who study this bacterium as a model organism and basic research tool.
- Genetics Society of America - GSA - Sponsors a number of research conferences, supports education of students, and publishes the journal "Genetics." Includes details of meetings, educational policy, and links to model organisms.
- Human Proteome Organisation - Consolidates national and regional proteome organizations engaged in scientific and educational activities to disseminate knowledge of model organisms, technologies and assisting coordination of public initiatives.
- Tatnam Organic Patch Project - A family and environment friendly project on Tatnam Farm Allotment Site, Poole, creating a model organic garden and wildlife habitat, as a stimulus for community action. Pictures, news, links to Local Agenda 21 projects in Poole.
- Department 6 - Molecular Biology - Research on the regulation of transition from vegetative to reproductive development in flowers, and the generation of floral organs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Includes links to associated groups, and contacts at the Max-Planck Institute, Tübingen, Germany.
- SynGen - A program for automatic synthesis generation which focuses on the shortest, most economical routes. Uses a generalized model of organic reactions and functionality to simplify the problem space. Macintosh beta version available for download.
Wikipedia Articles
- History of model organisms - The history of model organisms began with the idea that certain organisms can be studied and used to gain knowledge of other organisms or as a control (ideal) for other organisms of the same species. Model organisms offer standards that serve as the authorized basis for comparison of other organisms.
- Model organism - A model organism is a species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the organism model will provide insight into the workings of other organisms. In particular, model organisms are widely used to explore potential causes and treatments for human disease when human experimentation would be unfeasible or unethical.
- Quasispecies model - The quasispecies model is a description of the process of the Darwinian evolution of self-replicating entities within the framework of physical chemistry. It is useful mainly in providing a qualitative understanding of the evolutionary processes of self-replicating macromolecules such as RNA or DNA or simple asexual organisms such as bacteria or viruses (see also viral quasispecies), and is helpful in explaining something of the early stages of the origin of life.
- L-system - An L-system or Lindenmayer system is a formal grammar (a set of rules and symbols) most famously used to model the growth processes of plant development, but also able to model the morphology of a variety of organisms. L-systems can also be used to generate self-similar fractals such as iterated function systems.
- Ecosystem model - Ecosystem models, or ecological models, are mathematical representations of ecosystems. Typically they simplify complex foodwebs down to their major components or trophic levels, and quantify these as either numbers of organisms, biomass or the inventory/concentration of some pertinent chemical element (for instance, carbon or a nutrient species such as nitrogen or phosphorus).