Aquatic model organisms and their use in biotechnology

Model organisms are preferable species to study biological phenomena due to their features that they can be produced in vitro easily and maintained continuously and they have short generation intervals and some experimental advantages. Compared to human genome, model organisms, which have very high homology and small genome size, can be used in experiments that have been impossible to study on human beings. In recent years, aquatic model organisms such as zebra fish (Danio reiro), medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) and puffer fish (Fugu rubripes) are used as model organism. In this review, information on aquatic model organisms and their utilitiy in biotechnological researches are presented