Comparison tables
The Best Models Working Group have put together the following comparison tables to help researchers navigate between the various research models available.
Genomic comparisons
Table comparing gross genome features of various model organisms (download full table)
Table of protein-coding gene orthologues, comparing back to human (Comparisons obtained from ensembl.org biomart, August 2023) (download full table)
Phenotype ontology comparisons
Table showing the applicability of various models systems to study selected mammalian phenotypes, as per https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols/ontologies/mp (download full table)
Disease ontology comparisons
Table showing the applicability of various model systems to study selected diseases, as per https://disease-ontology.org/ (download full table)
