Plants and algae use phytochrome (phy) receptors to detect red and far-red light. Changes in phy activity mediate a variety of developmental responses. The model flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana encodes five phys in ...

Community assembly is the result of ecological selection processes, dispersal processes, and random drift processes. Selection processes can cause coexisting species to be more similar or more different in traits depending ...

Lead is an extremely toxic heavy metal that is known to causes curvature in zebrafish larvae neurodevelopmental damage. Lead exposure can impair neurodevelopment and is correlated to an increased prevalence of Autism ...

The waves of COVID-19 have devastated many countries around the world since 2019 and are known for their high transmission and mortality rate. The primary transmission is through contact with invisible infectious respiratory ...

Patients with autosomal domain polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) suffer from disrupted kidney function due to large, fluid-filled cysts that form in the collecting ducts and kidney tubules. There is no known cure and current ...

Microplastics are plastic particles < 5 mm that are known to have detrimental effects on the natural environment. Microplastics have been extensively studied at locations of high human impact, but their abundance and ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a species of bacteria that can cause a variety of different illnesses in humans, from mild skin infections to life-threatening diseases such as meningitis. Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coliare ...

Quantitative PCR (qPCR) is used to measure mRNA levels and has been broadly used to measure gene expression in zebrafish. Previous studies have shown the value of qPCR in time-course experiments for tracking the expression ...

There has been growing global concern over microplastic pollution and accumulation and its impacts on ecological systems. Research has documented microplastic debris in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats worldwide. ...

Seventy percent of human genes have at least one ortholog found in the zebrafish genome, providing a useful vertebrate model to study gene function. The CRISPR/Cas9 system combined with microinjection is a well-known method ...