title: New opportunities at the wild frontier.
abstract: A better understanding of the natural history of model organisms will increase their value as model systems and also keep them at the forefront of research.
authors: Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors: Jane
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6798-0064
authors: J
authors: Alfred
authors: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.
authors: Ian T
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5371-2974
authors: IT
authors: Baldwin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D002938:Ciona intestinalis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008957:Models, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D013045:Species Specificity; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development
keywords: C. elegans; E. coli; S. cerevisiae; arabidopsis; ciona intestinalis; ecology; evolutionary biology; genomics; maize; model organisms; natural history; the natural history of model organisms; zebrafish