A 2013 study using the Casper line of this species was able to visualise real-time brain activity using a calcium indicator dye.
The gene SLC24A5 was found to affect pigmentation in this species and was subsequently shown to be active in humans as well. A 2013 study using the Casper line of this species was able to visualise real-time brain activity using a calcium indicator dye. George Streisinger was the first to clone this species which is used as a vertebrate model organism because of the ease of observation afforded by its relatively large and transparent eggs. For 10 points, give the common name of Danio rerio, a popular aquarium fish named for a striped equine animal.
The gene SLC24A5 was found to affect pigmentation in this species and was subsequently shown to be active in humans as well.
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