A rapid life cycle is also a major advantage for researchers who study the development of an organism from the ovum to the adult animal. The development steps that take one month for a human embryo ...

Zebrafish develop cancer spontaneously, ... cancer can be studied throughout the life of the animal, ... such as defects in the cell cycle or genomic instability.

Zebrafish share up to 70% of genes with humans, which are easy to modify in the laboratory, and they are transparent, so their muscles are easily observed under a microscope.

UB researcher Viviana Monje and colleagues have been awarded a $1.2 million grant to study how the popular aquarium fish ...