Which of the following statements regarding model organisms is correct?
a. gregor mendel used pea plant as a model organism for his experiments because it was easy to cultivate and information about the chromosomes was available.
b. caenorhabditis elegans is a multicellular round worm with a short life cycle and the information about the chromosomes is available which allows easy genetic manipulation
c. a model organism should have a fewer offspring's, should have a short generation time and should be responsive to genetic manipulations.
d. according to cdc, 9 out of 10 leading causes of deaths have genetic components involved; therefore a model organism should not be responsive to genetic manipulations and should have longer and stable generation time