Trait loss in evolution: what cavefish have taught us about mechanisms underlying eye regression

I Sifuentes-Romero, AM Aviles, JL Carter… - Integrative and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Reduction or complete loss of traits is a common occurrence throughout evolutionary history.
In spite of this, numerous questions remain about why and how trait loss has occurred. Cave …

CRISPR gRNA phenotypic screening in zebrafish reveals pro-regenerative genes in spinal cord injury

M Keatinge, TM Tsarouchas, T Munir, NJ Porter… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Zebrafish exhibit robust regeneration following spinal cord injury, promoted by macrophages
that control post-injury inflammation. However, the mechanistic basis of how macrophages …

A comprehensive review of indel detection methods for identification of zebrafish knockout mutants generated by genome-editing nucleases

B Carrington, K Bishop, R Sood - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of zebrafish in functional genomics and disease modeling has become popular due
to the ease of targeted mutagenesis with genome editing nucleases, ie, zinc finger …

Single-cell analysis of innate spinal cord regeneration identifies intersecting modes of neuronal repair

VM Saraswathy, L Zhou, MH Mokalled - Nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
Adult zebrafish have an innate ability to recover from severe spinal cord injury. Here, we
report a comprehensive single nuclear RNA sequencing atlas that spans 6 weeks of …

A robust pipeline for efficient knock-in of point mutations and epitope tags in zebrafish using fluorescent PCR based screening

B Carrington, R Ramanagoudr-Bhojappa, E Bresciani… - BMC genomics, 2022 - Springer
Background Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 has become a powerful tool in zebrafish
to generate targeted gene knockouts models. However, its use for targeted knock-in remains …

Highly efficient synthetic CRISPR RNA/Cas9-based mutagenesis for rapid cardiovascular phenotypic screening in F0 zebrafish

RE Quick, LD Buck, S Parab, ZR Tolbert… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The zebrafish is a valuable vertebrate model to study cardiovascular formation and function
due to the facile visualization and rapid development of the circulatory system in its …

Myostatin is a negative regulator of adult neurogenesis after spinal cord injury in zebrafish

VM Saraswathy, L Zhou, AR McAdow, B Burris… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Intrinsic and extrinsic inhibition of neuronal regeneration obstruct spinal cord (SC) repair in
mammals. In contrast, adult zebrafish achieve functional recovery after complete SC …

Large-scale F0 CRISPR screens in vivo using MIC-Drop

S Parvez, ZJ Brandt, RT Peterson - Nature protocols, 2023 - nature.com
The zebrafish is a powerful model system for studying animal development, for modeling
genetic diseases, and for large-scale in vivo functional genetics. Because of its ease of use …

Insights into central nervous system glial cell formation and function from zebrafish

SA Neely, DA Lyons - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The term glia describes a heterogenous collection of distinct cell types that make up a large
proportion of our nervous system. Although once considered the glue of the nervous system …

A large-scale CRISPR screen reveals context-specific genetic regulation of retinal ganglion cell regeneration

K Emmerich, J Hageter, T Hoang, P Lyu… - …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Many genes are known to regulate retinal regeneration after widespread tissue damage.
Conversely, genes controlling regeneration after limited cell loss, as per degenerative …