Question

Fish species A has a gestation time of three months and lays 300 eggs per clutch. Fish species B has a gestation time of 5 months and lays 200 eggs per clutch. Which fish species would make a better model organism, and why?

Answer 1

Fish Species A

The reason it would be a better model organism is because:

It has a shorter gestation period allowing ma bigger population in a shorter time, on top of that it lays 300 eggs per clutch rather than 200