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Funded Value:372,864
Funded Period:May 18 - Apr 19
Funder:BBSRC
Project Status:Active
Project Category:Research Grant
Project Reference:BB/R013705/1
The structures, forms and functions of the vertebrate body are largely established during the early stages of development and involve processes that are remarkably similar throughout the different vertebrate groups, from fish to mammals. Advances in molecular genetics have led to a dramatic expansion in our knowledge of how these fundamental developmental processes work and how conserved they are between vertebrate species. This expansion in our knowledge has been achieved largely by studying a limited number of model vertebrate organisms. The zebrafish is now one of the most widely used model systems in part because of its genetic tractability - the...