Choose and describe three characteristics of Arabidopsis that make it a suitable model organism and discuss how social and institutional factors contributed to the status of Arabidopsis as a model organism.

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Topic B: Biologists often use model organisms when conducting experiments as they can provide useful information that can be applied to other species of organisms. One of the most commonly used model organisms in biology is a small weed-like plant called Arabidopsis thaliana. Choose and describe three characteristics of Arabidopsis that make it a suitable model organism and discuss how social and institutional factors contributed to the status of Arabidopsis as a model organism.