The African turquoise killifish lives in ephemeral ponds in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. To survive the annual dry season, the fish's embryos enter a state of extreme suspended animation or 'diapause ...

The African turquoise killifish lives in ephemeral ponds in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. To survive the annual dry season, the fish’s embryos enter a state of extreme suspended animation or &ldquo ...

University of Basel. (2024, June 6). Fish out of water: How killifish embryos adapted their development. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 06 ...

African turquoise killifish embryos put organ development on hold during a state of suspended growth called diapause. Organs like the brain, eyes and ears (pictured in a developmentally suspended ...

Rather than risk being born during the dry season when conditions are not hospitable, African killifish embryos are able to arrest their development and wait to hatch until the rainy season ...

Figure 1: Stages of epiboly in the annual killifish Austrolebias nigripinnis. Here we reveal that the extra-embryonic EVL directs cell migration and the spreading of the embryonic tissue during ...

killifish embryo.jpg. A new study finds that sediment contaminated with oil from the BP spill can damage embryos of Gulf killifish, small fish often caught as bait by recreational fishermen.

The turquoise killifish, which lives in ephemeral pools in Mozambique, progresses from embryo to sexual maturity faster than any other vertebrate Jason Daley - Correspondent August 8, 2018 ...

To date, at least 1,270 killifish species are known worldwide, according to Portland State University’s Podrabsky Laboratory.Every continent, save Antarctica and Australia, has killifish ...

As killifish bred in Brunet’s lab, she and her team examined genetic material from embryos before, during and after their stalled growth. Some genes weren’t as active as they are normally. This makes ...

An increase in the activity of a specific gene has been identified in African killifish embryos that undergo a hibernation-like state, called diapause.

Killifish embryos under a fluorescence microscope. Left with a developed axis, right without formation of the axis. The cells remain dispersed. view more . Credit: Biozentrum, University of Basel.