Zebrafish: development of a vertebrate model organism

JR Meyers - Current Protocols Essential Laboratory …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are a small‐bodied tropical, freshwater fish species originally from
South Asia. The ease of care, year‐round prolific breeding, and transparent, external …

Consistent age-dependent declines in human semen quality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SL Johnson, J Dunleavy, NJ Gemmell… - Ageing research …, 2015 - Elsevier
Reduced fertility typically occurs among women in their late 30s, but increasing evidence
indicates that advanced paternal age is associated with changes in reproduction as well …

Evidence for a core gut microbiota in the zebrafish

G Roeselers, EK Mittge, WZ Stephens… - The ISME …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Experimental analysis of gut microbial communities and their interactions with vertebrate
hosts is conducted predominantly in domesticated animals that have been maintained in …

From the bush to the bench: the annual Nothobranchius fishes as a new model system in biology

A Cellerino, DR Valenzano, M Reichard - Biological Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
African annual fishes from the genus Nothobranchius are small teleosts that inhabit
temporary water bodies subject to annual desiccation due to the alternation of the monsoon …

A high-throughput functional genomics workflow based on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in zebrafish

GK Varshney, B Carrington, W Pei, K Bishop, Z Chen… - Nature protocols, 2016 - nature.com
The zebrafish is a popular model organism for studying development and disease, and
genetically modified zebrafish provide an essential tool for functional genomic studies …

The emerging use of zebrafish to model metabolic disease

A Seth, DL Stemple, I Barroso - Disease models & …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
The zebrafish research community is celebrating! The zebrafish genome has recently been
sequenced, the Zebrafish Mutation Project (launched by the Wellcome Trust Sanger …

Advancing biology through a deeper understanding of zebrafish ecology and evolution

DM Parichy - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Over the last two decades, the zebrafish has joined the ranks of premier model organisms
for biomedical research, with a full suite of tools and genomic resources. Yet we still know …

Zebrafish sex differentiation and gonad development: a review on the impact of environmental factors

D Santos, A Luzio, AM Coimbra - Aquatic toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is extensively used in research; however the mechanisms that
control this species sex determination are still poorly understood. In the latest decades, it …

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos as a model for testing proteratogens

S Weigt, N Huebler, R Strecker, T Braunbeck… - Toxicology, 2011 - Elsevier
Zebrafish embryos have been shown to be a useful model for the detection of direct acting
teratogens. This communication presents a protocol for a 3-day in vitro zebrafish embryo …

Evolution of pigment synthesis pathways by gene and genome duplication in fish

I Braasch, M Schartl, JN Volff - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2007 - Springer
Background Coloration and color patterning belong to the most diverse phenotypic traits in
animals. Particularly, teleost fishes possess more pigment cell types than any other group of …