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...zebrafish looks like any other run of the mill aquarium-inhabitant—a small, glittery swimmer suited to the fishbowl world of a childhood pet. But to Gund Professor of Neuroscience John E. Dowling, this fish represents a living window into the complex interactions between vision and the brain...
...Dowling and his laboratory researchers have discovered, study of retinal activity and development in zebrafish provides clues to the connection between what...
...step towards this goal, Dowling says he has recently started researching the genetics and development of the retina, using zebrafish as subjects...
...says zebrafish are particularly ideal subjects because a biologist can use them for “forward genetics”—identifying genes by inducing mutations and then finding the specific gene related to the produced phenotype, or appearance...
...clinician who had worked at the molecular level, Fishman’s background is decidedly not pharmaceutical: he is best known for his research pioneering the use of zebrafish for understanding human diseases...