モデル生せい物ぶつ

noun

model organism

Technical term in biology for a species extensively studied to understand biological phenomena, with findings applicable to other organisms.

• ショウジョウバエは代だい表ひょう的てきなモデル生せい物ぶつの一ひとつだ。

  The fruit fly is one of the representative model organisms.

• この研けん究きゅうではマウスをモデル生せい物ぶつとして用もちいた。

  In this research, mice were used as a model organism.