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zebra fish

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zebra fish
n.
A small freshwater tropical fish (Brachydanio rerio) of India, having horizontal dark blue and silvery stripes and popular in home aquariums. Also called zebra danio.


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CAPTION(S): AQUATIC LARVA COTTON FIBRES FLOWERING PLANT SEASTAR SNAIL EGGS FLOWER STEM SNOWFLAKE HUMAN SKIN LOBSTER EGG ZEBRA FISH
Oliver Fackler, in the Virology Department of the Hygiene Institute of the Heidelberg University Hospital, examined the movement of cells in living zebra fish embryos, and showed that cell mobility is inhibited by the HIV Nef protein.
Other animals used included monkeys, frogs and more than 1,100 Zebra fish, whose embryos are used to investigate heart conditions.
 
 
 
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