Turquoise killifish

Curr Biol. 2015 Aug 31;25(17):R741-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.009.

Authors

Martin Reichard¹, Alessandro Cellerino², Dario R Valenzano³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: reichard@ivb.cz.
² Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, Pisa, Italy; Fritz Lipmann Institute for Age Research, Leibniz Institute, Beutenbergstr. 11, Jena, Germany.
³ Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, Cologne, Germany.

PMID: 26325129
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.009

Abstract

Reichard et al. introduce the turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri), notable for its short-life span and diapause stage.

Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

MeSH terms

Africa
Aging*
Animals
Cyprinodontiformes / classification
Cyprinodontiformes / growth & development*
Longevity*
Models, Animal