Atlas of Zebrafish Development

by Silke Berger, Robert Bryson-Richardson, Peter Currie

Book Overview

Zebrafish are widely considered an excellent model system for vertebrate development. The embryo is transparent, thereby enabling visualization and use of labelling and transgenic approaches. Moreover, because of the ease of inducing new mutations in zebrafish and similarity with the human genome, this organism may be used effectively for disease studies. For example, mutant zebrafish are being utilized for testing drugs that will combat a range of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123740169
• ISBN13: 9780123740168
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 10.9"