Preservation of duplicate genes by complementary, degenerative mutations

A Force, M Lynch, FB Pickett, A Amores, Y Yan… - Genetics, 1999‏ - academic.oup.com
The origin of organismal complexity is generally thought to be tightly coupled to the
evolution of new gene functions arising subsequent to gene duplication. Under the classical …

The snail superfamily of zinc-finger transcription factors

MA Nieto - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2002‏ - nature.com
The Snail superfamily of zinc-finger transcription factors is involved in processes that imply
pronounced cell movements, both during embryonic development and in the acquisition of …

Spatial reconstruction of single-cell gene expression data

R Satija, JA Farrell, D Gennert, AF Schier… - Nature …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Spatial localization is a key determinant of cellular fate and behavior, but methods for
spatially resolved, transcriptome-wide gene expression profiling across complex tissues are …

[HTML][HTML] Disruptive CHD8 mutations define a subtype of autism early in development

R Bernier, C Golzio, B **ong, HA Stessman, BP Coe… - Cell, 2014‏ - cell.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous disease in which efforts to define
subtypes behaviorally have met with limited success. Hypothesizing that genetically based …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput functional analysis of autism genes in zebrafish identifies convergence in dopaminergic and neuroimmune pathways

HW Mendes, U Neelakantan, Y Liu, SE Fitzpatrick… - Cell reports, 2023‏ - cell.com
Advancing from gene discovery in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) to the identification of
biologically relevant mechanisms remains a central challenge. Here, we perform parallel in …

Stages of embryonic development of the zebrafish

CB Kimmel, WW Ballard, SR Kimmel… - Developmental …, 1995‏ - Wiley Online Library
We describe a series of stages for development of the embryo of the zebrafish, Danio
(Brachydanio) rerio. We define seven broad periods of embryogenesis—the zygote …

High-resolution in situ hybridization to whole-mount zebrafish embryos

C Thisse, B Thisse - Nature protocols, 2008‏ - nature.com
The in situ hybridization (ISH) technique allows the sites of expression of particular genes to
be detected. This protocol describes ISH of digoxigenin-labeled antisense RNA probes to …

Proinflammatory signaling regulates hematopoietic stem cell emergence

R Espín-Palazón, DL Stachura, CA Campbell… - Cell, 2014‏ - cell.com
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) underlie the production of blood and immune cells for the
lifetime of an organism. In vertebrate embryos, HSCs arise from the unique …

Ontogeny and behaviour of early macrophages in the zebrafish embryo

P Herbomel, B Thisse, C Thisse - Development, 1999‏ - journals.biologists.com
In the zebrafish embryo, the only known site of hemopoieisis is an intra-embryonic blood
island at the junction between trunk and tail that gives rise to erythroid cells. Using video …

nacre encodes a zebrafish microphthalmia-related protein that regulates neural-crest-derived pigment cell fate

JA Lister, CP Robertson, T Lepage… - …, 1999‏ - journals.biologists.com
We report the isolation and identification of a new mutation affecting pigment cell fate in the
zebrafish neural crest. Homozygous nacre (nac w2) mutants lack melanophores throughout …