Previous studies have shown that protein expression of DOCK7 is increased in skeletal muscle biopsies from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), leading researchers from the University of ...

“It’s an elegant example of ‘reverse evolutionary genetics.’” Kuwada’s team bred a diverse range of mutant zebrafish, then checked for embryos with obvious motor problems—an intensive process ...

The zebrafish, a commonly used model organism, exhibits a growth pattern that closely mirrors what is seen in human muscle growth, where muscle growth is accomplished post-birth/hatch with little to ...

The Zebrafish Muscle investigation employs the International Space Station's Aquatic Habitat, an aquarium in microgravity. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

We are currently characterizing several histone modifier and RNA-splicing proteins that may affect muscle formation and maintenance in our vertebrate animal models. Generation, characterization, and ...

Weekly breeding ensures the embryo supply. So far zebrafish studies have yielded insights into cancer, diabetes, muscle diseases, and more. Elizabeth Burke, a researcher at the National Institutes ...

As a vertebrate, the zebrafish possesses many genes that perform the same or similar functions in mammals and therefore also in humans. Approximately 70 percent of zebrafish genes are also present in ...

Michael Barresi’s research interests are focused on how glial cells help wire the nervous system in the embryonic zebrafish brain. His lab discovered that astroglial cells provide a substrate for ...

Zebrafish are unassuming and undemanding. Almost every child knows that – at least any child that has kept fish in an aquarium. Since the beginning of the 20th century, these fish have been one of the ...

Adult breeder zebrafish were maintained under moderate ... Mutation in the delta-subunit of the nAChR suppresses the muscle defects caused by lack of dystrophin. Dev. Dyn. 234(4), 1016–1025 ...