Investigators at Duke University, led by Erica Davis, PhD, a co-senior author of the report, blocked the gene's expression in
zebrafish, which resulted in abnormal facial cartilage, smaller
eyes and structural abnormalities of neurons involved in the
development of reproductive organs.
So desirable is the
zebrafish as a scientific model that the National Institutes of Health recently launched the NIH Zebrafish Initiative Website, offering funding for studies of cancer, cardiovascular, blood and pulmonary diseases, eye development and disease, gene function, circadian rhythms, aging, longevity, immune system development and function, addiction, hearing, balance, smell a
zebrafish as a scientific model that the National Institutes of Health recently launched the NIH
Zebrafish Initiative Website, offering funding for studies of cancer, cardiovascular, blood and pulmonary diseases, eye development and disease, gene function, circadian rhythms, aging, longevity, immune system development and function, addiction, hearing, balance, smell a
Zebrafish Initiative Website, offering funding for studies of cancer, cardiovascular, blood and pulmonary diseases,
eye development and disease, gene function, circadian rhythms, aging, longevity, immune system
development and function, addiction, hearing, balance, smell and taste.