Four resource centers for fishes: Specifies, stocks, and services

A conference on "Aquaria Fish Models of Human Disease" was held September 2 0-23, 2000, at Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA. Th e meeting was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (National Institut es of Health), the Roy and Joan Mitte Foundation, and Southwest Texas State University, home of the Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center. In conjunction w ith the meeting, the conference organizers asked several participants to de scribe those components of their research programs that provide services an d information to other researchers. This article summarizes their responses .