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Biology II: Mouse, Zebrafish, and Chick

Zebrafish in Biomedical Research

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Zebrafish, or Danio rerio, are small freshwater fish used in biomedical research. They are important model organisms because they share a high degree of genetic conservation with humans. They are also simple and inexpensive to maintain in the lab.

Zebrafish embryos are especially useful because g...

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Danio rerio, or zebrafish, are small fish that are making a big splash in biomedical research. Zebrafish lay hundreds of eggs that develop externally, allowing scientists to perform genetic manipulations and monitor early phenotypes in a complex organism. Since they share much of their genome with humans, zebrafish r...

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Zebrafish ModelGenetic ScreeningEmbryo ManipulationTransparent EmbryosVertebrate DevelopmentDisease ModelingOptogeneticsMicroinjection TechniquesHigh Throughput ScreensHuman Disease Research

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