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zebra fish

noun

Updated on: 4 Apr 2018

Definition of zebra fish

: any of various barred fishes; especially : a very small blue-and-silver-striped Indian danio (Danio rerio synonym Brachydanio rerio) often kept in the tropical aquarium

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And the researchers eventually hope to be able to monitor mutation rates real time in entire organisms, such as zebra fish, to see whether different tissues have different mutation rates.

— elizabeth pennisi, Science | AAAS, "Mutating DNA caught on film," 15 Mar. 2018

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1771

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