A researcher wants to create a mouse model for a disease, to allow her team to study possible therapies.The disease is known to be caused by a small deletion that removes a certain gene.Which type of mouse would be the best choice for this purpose?
A)Knockout mouse
B)Knockin mouse
C)Conditional knockout mouse activated by a drug
D)Mutant derived by traditional forward genetics screen

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A knockout mouse, which has a specific gene completely removed or "knocked out," would be the best choice to model a disease caused by a gene deletion.

A Researcher Wants to Create a Mouse Model for a Disease