Zebrafish
By: edited by Steve F. Perry ... [et al.].
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Fish physiology -- v. 29
Publisher: Elsevier/Academic Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9780080961378; 9780123749833
Subjects: Development; Zebra danio; Zebra danios as laboratory animals; Science; Zebrafish; Zoology; Embryology; Physiology
Description: This cutting-edge resource includes up-to-date information on zebrafish physiology and the tools used to study it, not only as a model species for studies of other vertebrates but with application for studies of human disease and aquatic toxicology. The utility of zebrafish for physiological research is based on several key features including i) a "fully" sequenced genome, ii) rapid (~3 month) generation times), iii) their capacity to produce large numbers of externally fertilized eggs, iv) optical transparency of embryos and larvae, and v) the applicability of reverse and forward genetics to
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Genetic tools / Marc Ekker and Marie-Andrée Akimenko; title: Organization and physiology of the zebrafish nervous system / Laure Bally-Cuif and Philippe Vernier; title: Zebrafish vision : structure and function of the zebrafish visual system / Stephan C.F. Neuhauss; title: The zebrafish inner ear / Leila Abbas and Tanya T. Whitfield; title: Endocrinology of zebrafish : a small fish with a large gene pool / Ellen R. Busby, Graeme J. Roch, Nancy M. Sherwood; title: Developmental physiology of the zebrafish cardiovascular system / John D. Mably and Sarah J. Childs; title: Respiration / Bernd Pelster and Brian Bagatto; title: Ionic and acid-base regulation / Pung-Pung Hwang and Steve F. Perry; title: The zebrafish as a model for human disease / Cong Xu and Leonard I. Zon; title: Perspectives on zebrafish as a model in environmental toxicology / John J. Stegeman, Jared V. Goldstone, Mark E. Hahn.