title: Yoshiki Hotta and the dawn of zebrafish molecular neurogenetics in Japan.
abstract: Abstract: After coming back to Japan to work in the Department of Physics at the University of Tokyo, Yoshiki Hotta spent a year or so on searching for behavioral mutants of goldfish. Although this endeavor did not succeed, he remained an adamant supporter of the development of zebrafish research in Japan. Here we review how his support helped zebrafish neurogenetics in Japan gain a unique position in the world research community.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higashijima
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007564:Japan; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history*; D015027:Zebrafish