Zebrafish on the move: towards a behavior-genetic analysis of vertebrate vision.
Behavioral screens have uncovered dozens of zebrafish mutants with striking visual defects. In parallel with mutant studies, recent psychophysical experiments indicate that zebrafish are capable of high-level motion processing, previously thought to be restricted to animals with a visual cortex. It should be possible now to devise assays to screen for mutations in visual perception.
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University of California at San Francisco, Department of Physiology, 94143-0444, USA. hbaier@itsa.ucsf.edu
D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology; D014714:Vertebrates; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000235:genetics*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics*