The University Of Maine's Zebrafish Facility Is A Hidden Bastion Of Research
October 26, 2022
October 26, 2022
ORONO, Maine, Oct. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release:
On the first floor of Hitchner Hall, two rooms sit side by side, the air thick with an almost tropical humidity and quietly gurgling with the sound of circulating water. Inside, racks of tanks hold tens of thousands of tiny fish. They are all zebrafish -- an inch-long relative of the minnow native to South Asia -- but a close look reveals their variations: transparent "Casper" zebr . . .
On the first floor of Hitchner Hall, two rooms sit side by side, the air thick with an almost tropical humidity and quietly gurgling with the sound of circulating water. Inside, racks of tanks hold tens of thousands of tiny fish. They are all zebrafish -- an inch-long relative of the minnow native to South Asia -- but a close look reveals their variations: transparent "Casper" zebr . . .