Analysis of the effects of acoustic levitation to simulate the microgravity environment on the development of early zebrafish embryos.

ABSTRACT: In this work, an acoustic standing wave field (ASWF) is used to simulate the space environment, which shows characteristics such as microgravity and the absence of containment and contact. Zebrafish embryos, used as the species under study in this work, were raised within the acoustic field by the authors, allowing the biological effects on such early zebrafish embryos, at each developmental stage and within the ASWF creating the acoustic levitation (AL) technology used, to be studied. In this way, the biological safety of thee specimens, simulating the space environment, could be carefully evaluated. Some important indexes of the process of zebrafish development, such as mortality, malformation rate, hatching rate, voluntary movement and heart rate were detected and analyzed. It has been

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058438 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature