Why are model organisms used to test hypotheses?

A) The hypotheses are likely to apply only to the model organism.
B) The hypotheses are potentially too dangerous to perform on human subjects.
C) Human subjects have already been tested.
D) The hypotheses have results that are always applicable to humans.


B

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