A neurologist hears of a new drug for patients with neurolog

A neurologist hears of a new drug for patients with neurological diseases such as Alzheimer\'s. To begin studying this drug, which model organism would the neurologist use and why? A C. elegan, because their neurons are completely mapped C. elegan, because they are transparent their first two weeks of life C. Danio rerio, because they are a minimal model eukaryote Danio rerio, because their genome is known

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The C. elegans model has been an excellent option for the study not only of Alzheimer\'s, but in general of several neurodegenerative diseases for the following reasons:

1) its life cycle is short and therefore it reproduces relatively quickly

2) most of its neurons are mapped

3) models of transgenic C. elegans have been obtained that allow to carry out successful genetic modifications.

The set of all these characteristics make it an attractive target as a study model for diverse neurodegenerative diseases, such studies arose in 2005 taking an important boom in 2014, therefore, the answer is A.