运用反转录病毒介杂的插入突变技术，在脊椎动物斑马鱼中已经获得了许多影响胚胎发育和细胞生长过程的突变体，并找到了对应的基因。

• The use of retrovirus-mediated insertional mutagenesis in zebrafish has led to the mutation and rapid identification of hundreds of genes required for embryonic development and cell growth.