What are zebrafish?

zebrafish in a tank. Creative Commons: Zebrafish in the lab of Robyn Tanguay at Oregon State University. Photo: Lynn Ketchum.:

As far as research is concerned, all of us are well aware of the use of Mus musculus (mice) or Drosophila melanogaster  (fruit flies) as animal models in laboratories. But what about Danio rerio, also known as zebrafish?  Over the past several years, the use of zebrafish as a model in several research areas has increased due to numerous […]