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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Oryzias latipes
SUBMITTER: Zongli Yao
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27298 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Yao Z L ZL Wang H H Chen L L Zhou K K Ying C Q CQ Lai Q F QF
Genetics and molecular research : GMR 20120813 3
Oryzias latipes (Adrianichthyidae), known as Japanese medaka or Japanese killifish, is a small 2-4 cm long fish common in rice paddies in coastal Southeast Asia and is also a popular aquarium fish. It has been widely used as a research model because of its small size and because it is very easy to rear. Alkalinity stress is considered to be one of the major stressors on fish in saline-alkaline water. As very little is known about molecular genetic responses of aquatic organisms to alkalin ...[more]