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AuthorScott LaFee
Date

February 12, 2024

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) make excellent model organisms. Their genome is fully sequenced and easy to manipulate. They are fecund, have short generation times (a few months) and rapid embryonic development. In this confocal image, the embryo head of a Zebrafish is depicted just 72 hours after fertilization. 

Image courtesy of Layra G. Cintron-Rivera, Brown University.