The dwarf neon rainbowfish Melanotaenia praecox, a small spiny-rayed fish with potential as a new Acanthomorpha model fish: II. Establishment of a microinjection procedure for genetic engineering.
Kazuhide MiyamotoGembu AbeKoichi KawakamiKoji TamuraSatoshi AnsaiPublished in: Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists (2024)
The establishment of procedures for genetic engineering in M. praecox enables investigation of the genetic mechanisms behind a broad range of biological phenomena in this species. Thus, we suggest that M. praecox can be used as a new model species in various experimental biology fields.