edited by Gong Zhiyuan (National University of Singapore, Singapore) & Vladimir Korzh (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore)

The zebrafish is the most important fish model in developmental and genetic analyses. This book contains 19 review articles covering a broad spectrum of topics, from development to genetic tools. The contents range from early development, the role of maternal factors and gastrulation, to tissue differentiation and organogenesis, such as development of the organizer, notochord, floor plate, nervous system, somites, muscle, skeleton and endoderm. The genetic tools cover morpholino knock-down, transgenics, fish cloning, transposons and genome evolution. The book also includes two chapters on genome mapping and embryonic stem cells in medaka, another important model fish. Summarizing the state-of-the-art studies of the zebrafish model and focusing on the molecular aspects of development, this book is a valuable reference for students learning the basic aspects of the zebrafish model, and for researchers seeking resources in zebrafish research.

• The Role of Maternal Factors in Early Zebrafish Development (F Pelegri)
• Gastrulation in Zebrafish (F Ulrich & C-P Heisenberg)
• Development of the Zebrafish Organiser and Notochord (K A Thomas & D L Stemple)
• Formation and Functions of the Floor Plate (J Tian & K Sampath)
• Form and Function in the Zebrafish Nervous System (M Hendricks & S Jesuthasan)
• Development of the Primary Nervous System of the Zebrafish Embryo (U Strähle & V Korzh)
• Making Scents: Development and Function of the Olfactory Sensory System (K E Whitlock)
• Somites Segmentation: A View from Fish (H Takeda & Y Saga)
• Vertebrate Somite Development, Notch Signaling and Others (Y-J Jiang)
• Molecular Regulation of Fish Muscle Development and Growth (S J Du)
• Skeletogenesis in Zebrafish Danio rerio: Evolutionary and Developmental Aspects (S Fisher & P M Mabee)
• Endoderm Formation in Zebrafish (N B David et al.)
• Gene 'Knockdown' Approaches Using Unconventional Antisense Oligonucleotides (E Chen et al.)
• Transgenic Fish for Developmental Biology Studies (Z-Y Gong et al.)
• Cloning the Zebrafish (B Ju et al.)
• Applications of Transponsable Elements in Fish for Transgenesis and Functional Genomics (P B Hacketts et al.)
• Evolution of the Zebrafish Genome (J H Postlethwait)
• Medaka Genome Mappling for Functional Genomics (H Mitani et al.)
• Medaka Embryonic Stem Cells (Y-H Hong & M Schartl)