Solving a mystery in vision science: Zebrafish study shows how retinal cells maintain spacing needed for optimal vision
In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns ...
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Dscamb Protein Ensures Proper Spacing in Zebrafish Cone Cells
In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns known as the "cone mosaic".
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ImPaqT - A Golden Gate-based Toolkit for Zebrafish Transgenesis
Transgenic animals continue to play an essential role in many aspects of zebrafish research, including the development of disease models. The most widely used system for zebrafish transgenesis is the ...
Zebrafish research highlights protein Wdr5's role in preventing blood cell DNA damage
A study led by Prof. Liu Feng from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a crucial role ...
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HAND1 level controls the specification of multipotent cardiac and extraembryonic progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells
How cardiac cell fates are specified during heart development remains elusive. This study identifies a level-dependent role ...
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Dock7-mutant zebrafish show disrupted skeletal muscle myofiber structure and reduced locomotion
Previous studies have shown that protein expression of DOCK7 is increased in skeletal muscle biopsies from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), leading researchers from the University of ...