The zebrafish is a good model organism for studying scoliosis because the cranial-to-caudal pressure fish experience from swimming forward is comparable to the pressure humans experience due to gravity. There is also significant conservation (60%) of ptk7 when comparing the human gene to the zebrafish gene. |
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