PUBLICATION
Zebrafish: a model system for the study of human disease
- Authors
- Dooley, K. and Zon, L.I.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-000621-2
- Date
- 2000
- Source
- Current opinion in genetics & development 10(3): 252-256 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Dooley, Kim, Zon, Leonard I.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Humans
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn/genetics*
- Animals
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Genetics, Medical*
- Models, Genetic*
- PubMed
- 10826982 Full text @ Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev.
Citation
Dooley, K. and Zon, L.I. (2000) Zebrafish: a model system for the study of human disease. Current opinion in genetics & development. 10(3):252-256.
Abstract
The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a powerful model organism for the study of vertebrate biology, being well suited to both developmental and genetic analysis. Large-scale genetic screens have identified hundreds of mutant phenotypes, many of which resemble human clinical disorders. The creation of critical genetic reagents, coupled with the rapid progress of the zebrafish genome initiative directed by the National Institutes of Health, are bringing this model system to its full potential for the study of vertebrate biology, physiology and human disease.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping