(05.05 MC) Exposing human subjects to experimental manipulations such as high levels of toxins is unethical. We often use model organisms for this reason. What attributes would you look for in selecting a good model organism for investigating the impact of toxins in humans? A good model organism should be able to be easily maintain in the laboratory, be fast growing, with a fast generation time and be as closely related to humans as possible. Cost is the only consideration in selecting a model organism, since all living things are made of cells anything found will apply to humans. The best choice will must be the very closely related to humans, such as chimps, since anything found in other species will not apply to humans. The most important consideration in selecting a model organism is how the public will feel about doing experiments on that species, so the best choice would generally be a very simple organism like bacteria that people don't care very much about.