PUBLICATION

Zebrafish genetics and its implications for understanding vertebrate development

Authors
Ingham, P.W.
ID
ZDB-PUB-971003-1
Date
1997
Source
Human molecular genetics   6: 1755-1760 (Review)
Registered Authors
Ingham, Philip
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis/genetics
  • Drosophila/genetics
  • Embryonic Induction
  • Genetic Techniques
  • Mesoderm/physiology
  • Mutagenesis
  • Vertebrates/genetics*
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
  • Zebrafish/growth & development
PubMed
9300668 Full text @ Hum. Mol. Genet.
Abstract
The identification of genes via their mutant phenotypes is the most direct way of dissecting the molecular basis of developmental processes. While this approach has been extremely powerful in invertebrates such as Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans, it has until recently been lacking in vertebrates. Now two landmark studies by the groups of Nusslein-Volhard and Driever have for the first time provided the basis for a comprehensive genetic dissection of vertebrate development using the teleost fish, Danio rerio. The mutations identified in these screens look set to revolutionise our understanding of vertebrate development.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping