The mammalian model system Mus musculus (select all that apply) : 1. Has hundreds of inbreed strains. 2. Can be robustly genetically engineered. 3. Has never been used in genetic inheritance studies. 4. Has only been used as a model genome since the advent of Next Generation Sequencing.

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Terry Nichols

11 November, 17:38

The mammalian model system Mus musculus (select all that apply) : 1. Has hundreds of inbreed strains. 2. Can be robustly genetically engineered. 3. Has never been used in genetic inheritance studies. 4. Has only been used as a model genome since the advent of Next Generation Sequencing.

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1. Has hundreds of inbreed strains.

2. Can be robustly genetically engineered.

Explanation:

The mice has been used as a scientific model organism for about last century. The first complete genome sequence of the mice was presented in the year 2002 which showed that the mice has 3500 million base pairs.

The mice has almost the same genome as that of humans therefore are used to study the disease and physiological responses which affect the humans.

The scientist have prepared hundred of inbred strains by crossing brother and sister generation for about 20 generations and are genetically engineered by selecting the desired genes.

Thus, the selected options are correct.