Sentences with phrase «zebrafish pectoral fins»
Spiked structures on male zebrafish pectoral fins are important for mating but also produce a potent signaling inhibitor.
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«We discovered that male zebrafish have a very important set of structures on their pectoral fins that they use for breeding and that these structures secrete a potent molecular inhibitor of a key signaling pathway to aid their cycles of regular replacement,» explains senior author Kenneth Poss of Duke University Medical Center.