Fish Embryos Chemically Communicate When They Are Ready To Be Born Learn how monitoring the outside environment before preparing to leave the egg boosts the odds of a newborn fish’s survival.

Fish out of water: How killifish embryos adapted their development Date: June 6, 2024 Source: University of Basel Summary: The annual killifish lives in regions with extreme drought. A research ...

Dr. Matan Golan of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Agricultural Research Organization—Volcani Institute led a team of researchers who uncovered how fish embryos determine the ideal ...

Scientists report for the first time the ability to both deep freeze and reanimate zebrafish embryos. The method, appearing in the journal ACS Nano, could potentially be used to bank larger aquatic ...

How to cryopreserve fish embryos, bring them back to life Date: July 13, 2017 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: Scientists report for the first time the ability to both deep freeze and ...

Zebrafish eggs contain a sunscreen called gadusol that protects the growing embryo from harmful rays. The ultraviolet rays in sunlight are damaging. To shield against this, vertebrates produce a ...

The research team plans to investigate whether similar processes occur in other species, which could further expand our understanding of how animals adapt to their environments. By actively ...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 47, died Feb. 16 in an Arctic penal colony. Prison officials offered various causes related to Navalny’s poor health but President Joe Biden said ...

A Smithsonian scientist and other researchers announce success in the first-ever cryo-preservation of zebrafish embryos using gold nanotechnology and lasers. Wikimedia Commons/ Oregon State ...

Dr. Matan Golan of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Agricultural Research Organization—Volcani Institute led a team of researchers who uncovered how fish embryos determine the ideal ...

In contrast to other fish, the determination of the dorsal-ventral axis in killifish occurs at a later stage and is regulated by embryonic factors. “The embryo emerges almost magically,” says ...