Choose a model organism that is an animal: Drosophila, C. elegans, zebrafish or mouse. You may also use Aplysia. Do some research on why we use model organisms and why these particular creatures are good model organisms. Try searching . Get on the web, or go to a university library, and look at a few journals. MCCC is limited. There are also links to journals on my biolinks page. In addition, PUBMED, is a NIH index of all published articles -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMedan is a great place to start. Look at a few papers that utilize your model organism. Find something that interests you. Try to read the paper and get the main idea. One problem with the current literature is that it is quite advanced - expect to be overwhelmed when you read the paper! (I am!!!) This is normal, but you still learn. Paper Length: 5