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  • 24701761130743041235881956094593423255277PublicAssets/5881You are face to face with a 6-day-old zebrafish larva. What look like eyes will become nostrils, and the bulges on either side will become eyes. Scientists use fast-growing, transparent zebrafish to see body shapes form and organs develop over the course of just a few days. Images like this one help researchers understand how gene mutations can lead to facial abnormalities such as cleft lip and palate in people. <br></br> This image won a 2016 FASEB BioArt award. In addition, NIH Director Francis Collins featured this on his blog on January 26, 2017. See <a href= https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2017/01/26/snapshots-of-life-coming-face-to-face-with-development> Snapshots of Life: Coming Face to Face with Development</a> Oscar Ruiz and George Eisenhoffer, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Oscar Ruiz and George Eisenhoffer, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, HoustonPhotograph

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    Zebrafish larva

    You are face to face with a 6-day-old zebrafish larva. What look like eyes will become nostrils, and the bulges on either side will become eyes. Scientists use fast-growing, transparent zebrafish to see body shapes form and organs develop over the course of just a few days. Images like this one help researchers understand how gene mutations can lead to facial abnormalities such as cleft lip and palate in people.

    This image won a 2016 FASEB BioArt award. In addition, NIH Director Francis Collins featured this on his blog on January 26, 2017. See Snapshots of Life: Coming Face to Face with Development

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    Oscar Ruiz and George Eisenhoffer, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

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    Oscar Ruiz and George Eisenhoffer, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

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    5881

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