Zebrafish (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Zebrafish

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Zebrafish are a type of minnow widely used in scientific research and home aquariums. Small, semi-transparent freshwater fish, they reproduce rapidly and their transparent embryos develop outside the body. Such traits are helpful for viewing biological processes within the embryo or adult tissues.

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Shu Tu

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