The Resource Center establishes standards and procedures for generating and maintaining healthier and more vigorous strains. It characterizes diseases endemic to laboratory stocks. The Resource Centerl studies these diseases to identify their sources and causes and develops methods for their control and treatment. The Resource Center publishes a manual for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases affecting zebrafish. Zebrafish make a big splash.
Scientists use mutant zebra fish to learn how vertebrate embryos develop.