Analysis of Differential Gene Expression under Acute Lead or Mercury Exposure in Larval Zebrafish Using RNA-Seq.

This study was first conducted to investigate the effects of acute lead exposure on developing zebrafish embryos or larvae from 24 to 120 h post-fertilization (hpf). Our data showed that treatment with 50-200 μM lead significantly affected larval survivability and morphology compared to the respective control. Second, we chose 120 hpf larvae treated with 12.