No Fishing Allowed

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You can’t bring a rod and reel in, so why does Vanderbilt have a newly renovated fishery in the Stevenson Center? The fishery is a special genetics facility that is home to the zebra fish, a small tropical fish you might have in your aquarium. Vanderbilt’s fishery for biological research allows researchers to view and study early development in fish embryos through transparent zebra fish eggs. Since 25–50 percent of human pregnancies end in miscarriage of unknown genetic origin, researchers hope that the study of zebra fish eggs may help shed light on human development.

Photo by Neil Brake.