The role of the institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) of a research institution is to
a. provide research animals with clean and healthy conditions in the laboratory.
b. mediate the acquisition of animals by the institution's researchers.
c. review all proposals for animal research to be sure the procedures to be used are appropriate and humane.
d. review animal research proposals only to ensure that the proposed experiments are scientifically valid.
Question 2
Which of the following best describes the relationship between empirical observation and theory?
a. empirical observation guides theory (logic of discovery)
b. theory guides future research which is empirically tested (logic of justification)
c. both a' and b' are true that is, there is constant interaction between theory and empirical observation
d. theory and empirical observation are independent of one another
Some organisms used as models in genetic research
Some organisms used as models in genetic research
Personal care setting.
Animal that offer potential medical uses
Researchers and Research Spending, 2009
Drawings depicting mitosis in an animal cell with a diploid number of 4