: a small Japanese freshwater fish (Oryzias latipes) usually silvery brown in the wild but from pale yellow to deep red in aquarium strains
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On the International Space Station in the 2010s, a school of medaka fish were used to track bone density loss and see how the higher radiation in space degrades their DNA.
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Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 5 June 2024
The Japanese rice fish, also referred to as medaka, has transparent skin — perfect for helping researchers investigate the effects of microgravity on marine life, and more specifically, the effects on their bones.
—Lydia Rivers, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2021
Their results, published this week in Science, suggests that, at least in the medaka, a single gene suppresses 'maleness' in developing reproductive cells.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2015
Through the medaka, a species that’s been used in space studies since 1994, scientists are working to uncover this mechanism in hopes of developing a treatment for osteoporosis for space travelers and the rest of us on Earth.
—Lydia Rivers, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2021
Also known as Japanese rice fish, medaka are small, freshwater fish native to Japan.
—Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2017
Since humans and medaka grow their skeletons in similar ways, that gives scientists a good starting point to figure out how the process actually occurs, Byrne reports.
—Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2017
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Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 5 June 2024
The Japanese rice fish, also referred to as medaka, has transparent skin — perfect for helping researchers investigate the effects of microgravity on marine life, and more specifically, the effects on their bones.
—Lydia Rivers, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2021
Their results, published this week in Science, suggests that, at least in the medaka, a single gene suppresses 'maleness' in developing reproductive cells.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2015
Through the medaka, a species that’s been used in space studies since 1994, scientists are working to uncover this mechanism in hopes of developing a treatment for osteoporosis for space travelers and the rest of us on Earth.
—Lydia Rivers, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2021
Also known as Japanese rice fish, medaka are small, freshwater fish native to Japan.
—Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2017
Since humans and medaka grow their skeletons in similar ways, that gives scientists a good starting point to figure out how the process actually occurs, Byrne reports.
—Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2017
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