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The see-through medaka: a fish model that is transparent throughout life.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Aug 2001
Wakamatsu Y, Pristyazhnyuk S, Kinoshita M, Tanaka M, Ozato K
Abstract excerpt
The see-through medaka is a vertebrate model with a transparent body in the adult stage, as well as during the embryonic stages, that was generated from a small laboratory fish, medaka (Oryzias latipes). In this fish model, most of the pigments are genetically removed from the entire body by a combination of recessive alleles at four loci. The main internal organs, namely, heart, spleen, blood vessels, liver,...
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