Question

Why are mice commonly used as transgenic animals?

Answer 1

Transgenic animals are those whose genomes have been altered by the transfer of genes from another species.Mice are commonly used as transgenic animals because:-(1) There is extensive analysis of it's genome sequences (2)The genome of mice is similar to the human (3)Physiological and behavioral tests performed on mice can be extrapolated directly to human diseases (4)Mice have a shorter reproduction cycle.