Hebrew University researchers say they have discovered that fish embryos are able to decide when they want to be born. Dr. Matan Golan from the university’s Volcani Institute, who led the team ...

This study provides a valuable new resource to investigate the molecular basis of the particular features characterizing the pipefish embryo. The authors found both unique and shared gene expression ...

Over the past 60 years, scientists have had success preserving the sex cells and embryos of humans, cattle, mice, and many other animals. Trying to freeze and thaw fish embryos, however, has been more ...

The PHS Policy covers all live vertebrate animals. If an embryo hasn't hatched yet, or an early-larval-stage fish hasn't used up its yolk sac yet, is it not still a vertebrate animal? My facility ...

Scientists in China have manipulated embryonic stem cells to create laboratory mice with two male parents that managed to ...

One of the fish’s advantages is clear—literally. Because embryos are transparent and develop outside the mother’s body, scientists can manipulate genes to model human diseases and directly ...