Burness and Paull and Williamsons, which have offices across Scotland, are to join forces in December.

BBC: Law firms Burness and Paull and Williamsons to merge

"A plastic plant isn't much interest to a minnow, but a zebrafish will spawn over one, " says Dr. Paull.

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Burness Paull and Williamsons will see Philip Rodney take up the role of chairman, with Ian Wattie named as managing partner.

BBC: Law firms Burness and Paull and Williamsons to merge

The new firm of Burness Paull and Williamsons will have 60 partners and 158 lawyers, with established offices of similar size in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

BBC: Law firms Burness and Paull and Williamsons to merge

Last year, commercial law firms Burness and Paull and Williamsons announced they would join forces, while Edinburgh-based Archibald Campbell and Harley merged with English legal firm Shoosmiths.

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Gregory Paull, a researcher at the University of Exeter in the U.K., traveled to Bangladesh in order to study zebrafish in the wild in the hopes of learning more.

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Only last year, she said, Egli and Paull and their colleagues demonstrated that the nuclear transfer of eggs cells could generate patient-specific stem cell lines for potential cell replacement therapy to treat diseases like diabetes.

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