Zebrafish+Cloning+Methods+Improved

[|Zebrafish Cloning Methods Improved] September 1, 2009 Researchers at Michigan State University have been working on new and more efficient ways to clone Zebrafish. They have recently come up with a new method. The method is removing eggs from a female Zebrafish and than place them in a solution of ovarian fluid which is collected from a Chinook salmon. After this process, the DNA is removed from the eggs by a laser. Now they transplant the donor cells into the eggs through an entrance that a sperm would. With this new method of cloning, Scientist can now use Zebrafish on a wider scale. The Zebrafish is the second most commonly used vertebrate next to the mouse because they have many of the same genes as human. Scientist use Zebrafish by mutating a gene of one of the fish and than studying the consequences. With the continuation of studies like these, researchers have a better chance of understanding what causes many of disabilities and disease of the world today. mparker March 14, 2010