Fish as Model Organisms for (Eco)Toxicology and Disease

Dear Colleagues,

A model organism is a species that is representative of other animals, permitting the translation of information. They typically share properties such as face validity, construct validity, and predictive validity, allowing knowledge about the function in other species to be uncovered.

The extreme diversity of fish among vertebrates has led to the emergence of several model fish species. Among them, zebrafish and medaka have been extensively used to address a wide range of questions. However, the biological characteristics of other fish allow particular questions to be addressed. For example, evo-devo questions can be investigated using genetically-isolated morphs (Mexican cavefish or Arctic charr), ageing can be studied in Nothobranchius furzeri, and the ability to adapt to specific environmental niches in sand-goby or flatfish.

The aim of this Special Issue is to gather high-quality contributions reporting on how fish, including but not limited to zebrafish or medaka, can be used as model organisms for humans or other animals in the fields of (eco)toxicology, disease, and more generally as physiological models.

Dr. Xavier Cousin
Dr. Will Norton
Guest Editors

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