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This literature describes why the little zebrafish has become such a "hot" model in zebrafish research and how it is being used in labs and classrooms ...

• ZFIN, the Zebrafish Information Network    http://zfin.org/
• Trans-NIH Zebrafish Initiative  http://www.nih.gov/science/models/zebrafish/resources/index.html
• Bassnett, S. (2001) The eyes have it. J. Cell Sci. 114(Pt 1):5-8.
• O'Neill, M.D. and Escobar, S. (2001) Zebrafish mutants may offer clues to human deafness. BioBeat On-Line Magazine  
• Stainier, D.Y.R. (2001) Zebrafish genetics and vertebrate heart formation. Nat. Rev. Genet. 2:39-48.
• Aldhous, P. (2000) 'Saturation screen' lets zebrafish show their stripes. Nature 404(6781):910.
• Baier, H. (2000) Zebrafish on the move: towards a behavior-genetic analysis of vertebrate vision. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 10(4):451-455.
• Dooley, K. and Zon, L.I. (2000) Zebrafish: a model system for the study of human disease. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 10(3):252-256.
• Roman, B.L. and Weinstein, B.M. (2000) Building the vertebrate vasculature: research is going swimmingly. Bioessays 20(10):882-893.
• Vogel, G. (2000) Zebrafish earns its stripes in genetic screens. Science 288:1160-1161.
• Zon, L.I. (1999) Zebrafish: a new model for human disease. Genome Res. 9:99-100.
• Brownlie, A. and Zon, L. (1999) The zebrafish as a model system for the study of hematopoiesis. Bioscience 49(5):382-392.
• Ashmore, J. (1998) Mechanosensation: swimming round in circles. Curr. Biol. 8:R425-R427.
• Fetcho, J.R. and Liu, K.S. (1998) Zebrafish as a model system for studying neuronal circuits and behavior. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 860:333-345.
• Leake, D. (1998) A zebra in the classroom. Am. Biol. Teacher 60(1):32-36.
• Lucchesi, M. (1998) Staying afloat. Informix Magazine p. 56-59.
• Brown, K.S. (1997) Making a splash with zebrafish. A new model system dives into developmental biology. Bioscience 47(2):68.
• Roush, W. (1997) A zebrafish genome project? Science 275:923. 
• Vascotto, S.G., Beckham, Y., and Kelly, G.M. (1997) The zebrafish's swim to fame as an experimental model in biology. Biochem. Cell Biol. 75:479-485.
• Granato, M. and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (1996) Fishing for genes controlling development. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 6(4):461-468.
• Lele, Z. and Krone, P.H. (1996) The zebrafish as a model system in developmental, toxicological and transgenic research. Biotech. Adv. 14:57-72.
• Stemple, D.L. and Driever, W. (1996) Zebrafish: Tools for investigating cellular differentiation. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 8(6):858-864.
• Travis, J. (1996) Gone Fishing! Scientists use mutant zebrafish to learn how vertebrate embryos develop. Sci. News 150:360-361.
• Barinaga, M. (1990) Zebrafish: swimming into the development mainstream. Science 250:1320.
• Cowan, W.M.  Flies, Worms, and Human Genes.  http://www.hhmi.org/annual/research/fwhg.htm (halfway through the article is a section discussing zebrafish as research models)

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