Taxol is a common drug used in cancer treatments that acts a

Taxol is a common drug used in cancer treatments that acts as a microtubule stabilizer to inhibit cell division. If a researcher wanted to see how this drug affects development, which model organism would they use and why? Danio rerio, because they are transparent their first two weeks of life B. C. elegan, because their neurons are completely mapped C. S. cerevisiae, because they are minimal model eukaryotes D. Drosophila, because their DNA genome is well known

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The correct answer is Danio rerio because the eggs are developed outside the mother body and this organism is ideal for studying the development as 84% of their genes match with the humans and they also have major organs and tissues as humans.