Fish husbandry D. cerebrum13,14,15,33,35,54,60,61,62,63 were raised and maintained in conventional zebrafish housing systems (Aquaneering; system water temperature 29 ± 0.5 °C, pH 7.0, conductivity 600 µS cm−1), under 14:10 h light:dark cycles, and were fed 2–3 times a day. D. cerebrum were bred in communal tanks of ~40–60 individuals, enriched with ~5 cm silicone tubes to encourage spawning. Eggs were collected
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 19 August 2026 Female treefrogs select less carefully when hearing a chorus of males. The dating advice of there are ‘plenty more fish in the sea’ is often not helpful — especially, it seems, for frogs. Claire Hemingway at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and her colleagues studied the mating choices of
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