Scientists Reveal Genetic Roadmap to Building an Entire Organism
Whether a worm, a human, or a blue whale, all multicellular life begins as a single-celled egg. From this solitary cell emerges the galaxy of…
Zebrafish
Magnetoreception – A Compass In The Dark
A research team headed by scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has published a new model in ‘Nature Communications’…
Key Process in Brain Development Identified
By studying miR-107 in zebrafish, Yale researchers have discovered that miR-107 plays a key role in early brain development, and perhaps in the development of…
Zebrafish Larva Eye Distinguishes Between Prey and Predator
A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research reveals how the eye of a zebrafish larva can already distinguish between prey and…
Scientists Uncover How Beautiful Color Patterns Develop in Zebrafish
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have discovered how pigment cells arise and interact to form the ‘zebra’ pattern in zebrafish. The zebrafish, a small…
Researchers Identify Molecular Factors that Push the Domino of Life into Motion
In a newly published study, Yale University geneticists report that three factors — Nanog, Pou5f1 (or Oct4) and SoxB1 — are indeed needed to push…
Artificial-Enzyme Editing Rewrites Zebrafish DNA, Could be Useful in the Study of Diseases
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are a useful model for studying gene behavior and function. Researchers have been able to make custom changes in the zebrafish’s genome,…