Spotted Gar Embryos (IMAGE)

University of Oregon

Spotted Gar Embryos

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Numerous two-day-old embryos of spotted gar are seen in a laboratory. Genome sequencing led by the University of Oregon and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has determined that this ancient fish has conserved genes and non-coding elements that span both humans and zebrafish.

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Courtesy of Ingo Braasch

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