TY - JOUR AU - Greek, Ray AU - Rice, Mark J. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/09/10 TI - Animal models and conserved processes JO - Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling SP - 40 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - The concept of conserved processes presents unique opportunities for using nonhuman animal models in biomedical research. However, the concept must be examined in the context that humans and nonhuman animals are evolved, complex, adaptive systems. Given that nonhuman animals are examples of living systems that are differently complex from humans, what does the existence of a conserved gene or process imply for inter-species extrapolation? SN - 1742-4682 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-9-40 DO - 10.1186/1742-4682-9-40 ID - Greek2012 ER -