Mapping of zebra fish DNA expected to benefit humans

Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 08:20 in Biology & Nature

Scientists say they have assembled a high-quality genome of the tiny animal, a species genetically similar to people. It should help disease research.Scientists have moved one step closer to understanding how genes drive human biology and disease — and they've done it by mapping the DNA of a tiny, decidedly non-human creature known as the zebra fish.

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