Zebrafish Microcephaly (IMAGE)
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When the gene mutated in patients with a rare disorder is suppressed in zebrafish, the animals develop smaller heads, which is one of the major symptoms of the human disease. Image shows a control zebrafish larva (top) and one in which expression of rpl10 was suppressed (bottom), resulting in normal body length but a proportionately smaller head.
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Brooks and Wall <i>et al.<i/> Genetics October 2014
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