Mini-Curso organizado pelo Grupo de Pesquisas em Neurofarmacologia e Psicopatologia Experimental e ministrado por mim e pelo prof. Denis Broock Rosemberg (UFSM). Slides relativos a parte teórica do curso.

1. The zebrafish (Danio rerio): General aspects
 Popular name in Brazil: “paulistinha”
 Cyprinidae
 Small size (around 2 to 4 cm)
 Native from Southeast Asia
 Live in shoals
 Eggs develop externally
 Transparent embryos

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Natural history

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Competidores
Predadores
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5. Developmental biology of zebrafish

6. The anatomy of zebrafish

7. Camouflage response

8. Zebrafish and humans have a consistent
neurochemical conservation

9.  Most of their food come from the water column, mainly
eating zooplankton and aquatic insects
 Animal Foods: eggs; insects; terrestrial non-insect arthropods;
zooplankton
 Plant Foods: algae; phytoplankton
 Foraging Behavior: filter-feeding
 Primary Diet: omnivore ; planktivore
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 Olfaction, vision, and motion detection via the lateral line
system help zebrafish perceive their local environment
and evade potential predators
Basic behavioral traits

10. Zebrafish larvae has different strategies to
avoid predation

11. Zebrafish usually form shoals with
conspecifics

12. Is there any biological advantage?