TSitologiya i Genetika 2018, vol. 52, no. 6, 18-29
Cytology and Genetics 2018, vol. 52, no. 6, 406–415, doi: https://www.doi.org/10.3103/S009545271806004X

Zebrafish – a new model system of experimental biology

Korzh V., Kondrychyn I., Winata C.

SUMMARY. The combination of genomics with high-resolution bioimaging techniques to study animal development provides scientists with information regarding genes involved in regulation of development. As a result, the core of developmentally important transcription factors has been identified recently. Such approach was particularly fruitful for semitransparent zebrafish embryos. The use of zebrafish as a model system makes it possible to study developmental processes in vivo with a single cell resolution.

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