Most people think of zebrafish as little more than a cheap household pet. The fish are small — about an inch or two long — and easy to care for. Nothing special, it seems. But inside laboratory aquariums, zebrafish are quickly gaining a reputation as utterly crucial for medical and genetic research. Over the last few decades, the use of zebrafish in biomedical research has skyrocketed. Zebrafish breed quickly, scientists can manipulate their genes easily, and the fish actually share a surprising number of similarities with humans. That explains why more and more major biology papers are being published using zebrafish as their organism of choice — not the lab rat, the lab mouse, or the fruit fly. Read the complete article at bit.ly/1xTI5xp
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 23:08:04 +0000
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