Research shows how the curved shape of a zebrafish egg sets cell division timing, gene activation, and early cell fate ...

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Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research discovered that PFAS chemicals disrupt brain development in zebrafish by altering the activity of genes similar to those in humans. The ...

Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

Zebrafish. Humans and zebrafish are more alike than one might think, especially when it comes to embryonic development. In science, zebrafish (Danio rerio) often reveal principles that apply much more ...

The flow of water helps drive the formation of new blood vessels in zebrafish Figure 1: A confocal light micrograph showing blood vessels in a three-day-old zebrafish (magenta: endothelial cells of ...

Humans can't regenerate heart muscle damaged by disease, but scientists have long known that some animals, such as zebrafish, can. Researchers have now identified a set of genes in zebrafish that ...