PUBLICATION

Zebrafish on the move: towards a behavior-genetic analysis of vertebrate vision

Authors
Baier, H.
ID
ZDB-PUB-000906-2
Date
2000
Source
Current opinion in neurobiology   10(4): 451-455 (Review)
Registered Authors
Baier, Herwig
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Motion Perception/physiology*
  • Point Mutation/genetics*
  • Smell/physiology
  • Vertebrates
  • Vision Disorders/genetics*
  • Vision, Ocular/genetics*
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
PubMed
10981613 Full text @ Curr. Opin. Neurobiol.
Abstract
Behavioral screens have uncovered dozens of zebrafish mutants with striking visual defects. In parallel with mutant studies, recent psychophysical experiments indicate that zebrafish are capable of high-level motion processing, previously thought to be restricted to animals with a visual cortex. It should be possible now to devise assays to screen for mutations in visual perception.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping