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How mutant zebrafish helped unlock the secret to their stripes – new research – The Conversation UK
We wanted to find out which biological phenomena are crucial for pattern formation and which are just incidental. These sorts of questions can be answered with mathematical modelling.
Zebrafish are one of the most well studied animals on the planet. But how they came by their beautiful black and gold stripes is more of a mystery. Our new research used mathematical modelling and detailed observations of mutant zebrafish patterns to get to the bottom of one of natures oldest secrets.
Estimates suggest that zebrafish are used in over 600 labs around the world to study diseases that range from muscular dystrophy to cancer. It may seem hard to imagine that a tiny tropical fish c…
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