Model organisms tend to happen by accident.

模型生物往往是偶然产生的。

Most biologists working with model organisms make a fetish of control.

大多数从事模式生物研究的生物学家都有一种对控制的迷恋。

Model organisms assist all sorts of biological research, but a lot of it is medical.

“模型生物”有助于各种生物学研究，其中很多都是医学研究。

For Dr Krasnow's plan is to add mouse lemurs to the short and rather random list of so-called model organisms.

克拉斯诺博士的计划是将鼠狐猴添加到所谓模式生物的简短而随机的名单中。

When studying lifespan and aging, researchers often focus on model organisms, such as mice, fruit flies, or nematodes.

在研究寿命和衰老时，研究人员通常关注模型生物，例如小鼠、果蝇或线虫。

It found favour, and in particular it accelerated the completion of a genome-sequencing project for the animals-a sine qua non for any self-respecting model organism.

这一想法得到了青睐，尤其是会加速动物基因组测序项目的完成，这是任何靠谱的模式生物的必要条件。

Tobacco might seem like a weird choice, but it’s a common model organism for plant researchers because it’s easy to grow and genetically alter.

烟草似乎是一个奇怪的选择，但它是植物研究人员常用的模式生物， 因为它很容易生长和基因改变。

It began in 2009, when he charged his daughter Maya, then still at school, and two of her friends to come up with a new model organism for studying primates as a summer project in his laboratory.

这件事始于2009年，当时他要求当时还在上学的女儿玛雅和她的两个朋友想出一种新的有机体模型，作为他实验室的夏季项目，用于研究灵长类动物。