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Your genome: A webpage listing the main characteristics of the most commonly used model organisms. In addition, the websitehas a lot of interesting information about the genomes of various organisms and in relation to human medicine.

iBiology: On this webpage there are several video lectures by biologists who use model organisms to study interesting biological phenomena.

Catalogue of life: An online catalogue of species of living organisms maintained by a group of taxonomists from around the world.

Nobel Prize: The official website of the Nobel Foundation, which contains all the information related to the Nobel Prizes and recordings of the lectures of the laureates.

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Goldstein B, King N. (2016). The future of cell biology: Emerging model organisms. Trends Cell Biol 26:818–824.

Katz PS. (2016) “Model organisms” in the light of evolution. Curr Biology 26:R649–R650.

Kleiber M. (1961) The fire of life. John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York.

Kováč L. (2000). Fundamental principles of cognitive biology. Evol Cogn 6:51–69.

Mora et al. (2011). How many species are there on Earth and in the ocean? PLOS Biol 9:e1001127.