ZEBRA FISH GENOME

Zebra Fish Genome

Zebra Fish Genome

The Zebra Fish Genome project performed by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute facilitates the positional research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity of genes in the zebra fish.

Biologists across the world are taking advantage of Danio rerio (a tropical freshwater zebra fish) for investigations into origin and development of organs in the fish regarding disease and development (Spence 2008, pp13). The small size, ease of care, and rapid generation time are few of the aspects making zebra fish a particularly useful model organism. Additionally, the optical transparency of zebra fish organism ...