Model Organisms: Opportunities and Challenges in Developmental Physiology

Background
Model organisms have long been widely used in the field of biosciences, including a range of subject areas within physiology. Several important milestones have been achieved in the field thanks to their application, allowing scientists to develop concepts, technologies, and methodologies to better understand more complex living systems, including humans. Even as experiments on venerable models continue to yield important results, new models are also emerging and show considerable promise.

Goals
In addition to focusing on the many advantages of using model organisms in the field of Developmental Physiology, this Research Topic also aims to shed light on the challenges and limitations that accompany their use in physiological studies.

The scope of this collection covers, but is not limited to, the following themes and questions:
- Can (and should) entrenched models be supplemented by new and emerging models?
- How can animal models be “verified” as representative of broader taxa?
- Animal species of scientific interest with applications in biomedicine, conservation and use of biodiversity, biotechnology, among others.
- Research on the developmental physiology of animal species through various analytical techniques with an omic approach (genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, among others).

Scope and information for Authors
Manuscripts submitted to this Research Topic should be in line with the scope of the Developmental Physiology section. Several article types will be considered, please find more information here.

Topic Editor Dr. Akshay Shekhar is employed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Tarrytown, United States). All other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regard to the Research Topic subject.

This Research Topic is part of the Experimental Models and Model Organisms series of Frontiers in Physiology. Other titles in this series include:

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• Model Organisms and Experimental Models: Opportunities and Challenges in Musculoskeletal Physiology
• Model Organisms and Experimental Models: Opportunities and Challenges in Integrative Physiology
• Model Organisms and Experimental Models: Opportunities and Challenges in Redox Physiology
• Experimental Models of Rare Cardiac Diseases