The Maryland Sea Grant bookstore is closed from December 10 to January 3.
Francis Hamilton described the zebrafish in 1822. He stated that the zebrafish was economically insignificant. George Streisinger was the first to pioneer the use of the zebrafish as a developmental model for studying human disease and disorders. Today, more than 3,000 researchers are listed on ZFIN, a U.S.-based research community. Recently a European research consortium was awarded 12 million Euros to study zebrafish. Too bad Francis Hamilton is not around to hear that!
Students will be able to compare and contrast different types of zebrafish in order to identify a problem by observing a video clip and recording observations.
Zebrafish video clip
Zebrafish Observation Sheet
"Small Fish, Big Science" by Bradbury; PLoS Biology; vol. 2 issue 5; May 2004; pp. 0568-0572. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8566477_Small_Fish_Big_Science
Video clip recorded by Rene' (Johnson) Baker in Dr. Jim Du's lab.