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Zebrafish advance as a model organism for Fragile X Syndrome

A new study from the Goodhill Lab finds the genetic variant underlying an autism disorder causes changes in fish’s social behavior, preference in visual environment, and neural activity.

A zebrafish with its nervous system fluorescently labeled in green and red hunts a paramecium, fluorescently labeled in green
COURTESY IRIS ZHU, PHD

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