Zebrafish

Zebrafish

http://www.liebertonline.com/loi/zeb

Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

The only peer-reviewed journal to focus on the zebrafish, which has many
valuable features as a model organism for study of vertebrate development.
Due to its prolific reproduction and the external development of the
transparent embryo, the zebrafish is a prime model for genetic and
developmental studies, as well as research in toxicology and genomics. While
genetically more distant from humans, the vertebrate zebrafish nevertheless
has comparable organs and tissues, such as heart, kidney, pancreas, bones,
and cartilage.

The Journal will serve as a forum for papers discussing research on
comparative genomics and evolution, the genetic analysis of embryogenesis
and disease and the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cell growth,
differentiation and gene expression in these model species. The Journal will
also publish papers describing novel methods, tools and experimental
approaches using aquarium models.

Demand for zebrafish at National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been fast
growing as word spreads that the tiny, black-striped creature makes an
excellent supplement and, in some cases, alternative to lab mice for
research. The NIH will break ground for a new facility to breed and house
zebrafish for intramural research. Zebrafish will also include research with
other aquarium species such as medaka, Fugu, and Xiphophorus.

ISSN 1545-8547

Editor-in-Chief:

Paul Collodi, Ph.D.
Department of Animal Sciences
Purdue University
125 S. Russell Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2042

Tel: (765) 494-9280
Fax: (765) 494-9347
Email: pcollodi@purdue.edu

Content available by subscription. Sample issue available online.
 
Abstracts available online. Full-text available in PDF format.
 
Current Issue: Mar 2005 (Vol. 1, No. 4) 

Date: 2 May 2005