Browsing 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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(2014-12-01)Embryonic development is a process of unparalleled dynamism. The only constant in development is change itself- change in size, change in shape, change in gene expression- all driving the formation of an organism from a ...
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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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(2011-10-21)The inner ear is a complex sensory organ of interconnected chambers, each with a sensory epithelium comprised of hair cells and support cells for detection of sound and motion. This dissertation focuses on the development ...
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(2019-11-27)Preliminary data gathered by our lab suggests a requirement for lactate in the developing inner ear of zebrafish embryos, implicating the action of the Warburg effect in otic development. A potential regulator of this ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)In vertebrate embryonic development, correct specification of tissue fates along the dorsoventral (D/V) axis is known to require the secreted signaling ligand Wnt8. Wnt8 signaling promotes ventral fates and antagonizes the ...
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(2012-07-16)Vertebrate wnt8a occupies a position at a crossroads linking anteroposterior and dorsoventral axis patterning. While functional aspects of wnt8a are beginning to be understood, the regulation of wnt8a expression and its ...
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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 ...
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(2012-02-14)The vertebrate inner ear is a complex structure responsible for hearing and balance. The inner ear houses sensory epithelia composed of mechanosensory hair cells and non-sensory support cells. Hair cells synapse with neurons ...
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(2014-04-17)Vertebrate vision is enabled by light-sensitive photoreceptors arranged in a plane in the retina. This study investigates two aspects of this arrangement: 1) positioning of basal bodies within photoreceptors, and 2) ...