Transparent zebrafish and preparation method thereof
AssigneeNational Tsing Hua University
InventorsWei-Chang Huang, Yung-Jen Chuang
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Abstract
This invention provides a biological selective breeding technique in preparation of a transparent zebrafish, Citrine. The appearance of Citrine is transparent and yellowish, with uniformly pigmented black eyes and its inner organs are observable by eyes. The invention also provides a method for in vivo observation of progression and expansion of various disease stages or physiological processes.
Claims1
A transparent Citrine zebrafish whose genome comprises AZOO transparent zebrafish and pink lady mutations, which is characterized as having an increase of 20-30% in red component percentage and a decrease of 20-30% in blue component percentage relative to wild type zebrafish, inner organs being visible, yellow pigments on dorsal skin, and transparent phenotype expressed from embryo to adult.
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