Zebrafish Models of Human Skeletal Disorders: Embryo and Adult Swimming Together

Danio rerio (zebrafish) is an elective model organism for the study of vertebrate development because of its high degree of homology with human genes and organs, including bone. Zebrafish embryos, because of the optical clarity, small size, and fast development, can be easily used in large-scale mut...

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Main Authors: Marta Carnovali, Giuseppe Banfi, Massimo Mariotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1253710