Adolescent Zebrafish Exhibits Scoliosis (IMAGE)

Hiroshima University

Adolescent Zebrafish Exhibits Scoliosis

Caption

Images of the same fish as it grew from six to 90 days old. The red dotted line traces the curve in the fish's spine as it developed symptoms representing adolescent scoliosis in humans. Black bars in the bottom left of each image are equivalent to 1mm. Images for ages 70 and 90 days are combined from two different exposures.

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Photo by Long Guo (Kyoto University) and Hiroshi Yamashita (Hiroshima University).

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