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    • A female specimen of a zebrafish (Danio rerio)
    Rights: Azul Published 28 June 2011 Size: 98 KB Referencing Hub media

    Zebrafish are an example of a model organism. Model organisms are non-human species used by scientists to better understand particular biological research questions.

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