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Hypoxia impairs primordial germ cell migration in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Lo Kwok Hong, Hui Michelle Nga Yu, Yu Richard Man Kit, Wu Rudolf Shiu Sun, Cheng Shuk Han
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BACKGROUND: As a global environmental concern, hypoxia is known to be associated with many biological and physiological impairments in aquatic ecosystems. Previous studies have mainly focused on the effect of hypoxia in adult animals. However, the effect of hypoxia and the underlying mechanism of how hypoxia affects embryonic development of aquatic animals remain unclear. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In the...
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