Glass Knifefish (Eigenmannia virescens) (IMAGE)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Glass Knifefish (Eigenmannia virescens)

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In a new study featured in the journal eLife, researchers have computationally modeled the various brains and bodies of a species of weakly electric fish, the glass knifefish (Eigenmannia virescens), to successfully simulate "fish brain transplants" and investigate.

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