Zebrafish as a model organism for nutrition and growth: towards comparative studies of nutritional genomics applied to aquacultured fishes
By P. Ulloa, Patricia Iturra, R. Neira, C. Araneda. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2011
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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a common research model in fish studies of toxicology, developmental biology, neurobiology and molecular genetics; it has been proposed as a possible model organism for nutrition and growth studies in fish. The advantages of working with zebrafish in these areas are their small size, short generation time (12–14 weeks) and their capacity to produce numerous eggs (100–200 eggs/clutch). Since a wide variety of molecular tools and information are available for genomic analysis, zebrafish has also been proposed as a model for nutritional genomic studies in fish. The detailed study of every species employed as a model organism is important because these species are used to generalize how several biological processes occur in related organisms, and contribute considerably toward improving our understanding of the mechanisms involved in nutrition and growth. The objective of this review is to show the relevant aspects of the nutrition and growth in zebrafish that support its utility as a model organism for nutritional genomics studies. We made a particular emphasis that gene expression and genetic variants in response to zebrafish nutrition will shed light on similar processes in aquacultured fish.
Subfields: Aquatic Science, Genetics, Immunology
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- The zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model organism, with emphasis on applications for finfish aquaculture research (2014, background): “Growth performance The zebrafish has an omnivorous diet, and its nutritional pathways are similar to those of cultivated herbivores, such as carp and some tilapias, and to those of carnivores such as trout or salmon (Ulloa et al. 2011).”
- Use of Yeasts as Probiotics in Fish Aquaculture (2014, background): “Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have been suggested as a model aquacultured fish, especially for genetic [150], nutritional and comparative growth studies [151].”
- The effects of feeding frequency on growth and reproduction in zebrafish (Danio rerio) (2012, background): “Zebrafish are euryphagous ominivores possessing a long intestine with a large absorption area and no true stomach (Ulloa et al., 2011).”