Browsing Undergraduate Research and Capstones by Subject "zebrafish"
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(2015-09-23)In all vertebrates thyroid hormones are essential for normal growth, metabolism, and development. Thyroid hormones are unusual in that they require iodine to function. While the pathway of iodide uptake in terrestrial ...
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(2020-04-27)This project analyzed the effects of the emerging marine pollutant commonly known as oxybenzone. Oxybenzone is a chemical ingredient commonly used in sunscreen lotions, as well as other hygienic products. There is growing ...
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(2014-09-18)In recent years, the use of zebrafish as human disease models has been expanded to include several forms of human deafness. Zebrafish provide convenient hosts for genetic and developmental investigation. However, knowledge ...
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mRNA Destabilization: The Role of the 3?UTR in Post-transcriptional Regulation of Wnt8 Transcripts (2012-07-11)wnt8 is essential for normal embryonic development in vertebrates: severe developmental malformations occur when wnt8 is either over- or under- expressed. Therefore, wnt8 has to be activated at a specific time and for a ...