Zebrafish Research

 FACTS ABOUT ZEBRAFISH:  

• 1. Danio rerio has been popular among scientists since 1960s.
• 2. Its a tropicalfish native to southeast asia.
• 3. In its larval stages it is transparent and as it matures to an adult it develops stripes (as shown in picture) that run along the length of the body and look blue in colour. 
• 4. Males are slender and torpedo-shaped usually with a pink or yellow tinge.
• 5. Females are lesser pink in color than the males and are fatter because of the eggs they carry.
• 6. The complete genome sequence of the zebrafish was published in the year 2013 (1,505,581,940 base pairs in length and contains 26,247 protein-coding genes) 

Female (Right) and male (Left) zebrafish adults showing differences in body shape and fin coloration

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