Roles Of Src Family Kinase Signaling During Fertilization And The First Cell Cycle In The Marine Protostome Worm Cerebratulus,
2010
University of New Mexico
Roles Of Src Family Kinase Signaling During Fertilization And The First Cell Cycle In The Marine Protostome Worm Cerebratulus, Stephen A. Stricker, David J. Carroll, Wai L. Tsui
Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications
For eggs to generate a calcium response during fertilization, the sperm of many deuterostome animals must first activate a group of egg kinases, called Src family kinases (SFKs). However, whether SFK activation is also required for fertilization-induced calcium signals in eggs of protostomes remains unknown. Thus, in this study, unfertilized oocytes of the marine protostome worm Cerebratulus were treated with either PP2 to inhibit SFKs or with U73122 to block phospholipase C activity downstream of SFK. Compared with control fertilizations, the inhibitors significantly reduced post-insemination levels of polar body formation and cleavage, but apparently did so via different mechanisms, based …
Impacts Of The Spotted Spiny Lobster (Panulirus Guttatus) On The Long-Spined Sea Urchin (Diadema Antillarum) And Patch Reef Communities In The Florida Keys,
2010
Old Dominion University
Impacts Of The Spotted Spiny Lobster (Panulirus Guttatus) On The Long-Spined Sea Urchin (Diadema Antillarum) And Patch Reef Communities In The Florida Keys, Meredith D. Kintzing
Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations
Caribbean coral reefs have undergone a phase shift from a system dominated by corals to one where algae are pervasive. This shift was precipitated by the loss of herbivores, including the mass mortality of the long spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum), coupled with disease and the recruitment failure of hermatypic corals. Diadema populations have recovered in some areas of the Caribbean, but are still below historical levels in the Florida Keys, likely due to low larval supply coupled with predation on juveniles. Lobsters are sea urchin predators in other systems and the spotted spiny lobster (Panulirus guttatus …
Interspecific Variation In Palatability Suggests Cospecialization Of Antipredator Defenses In Sea Hares,
2010
Chapman University
Interspecific Variation In Palatability Suggests Cospecialization Of Antipredator Defenses In Sea Hares, Kimberly K. Takagi, Nadia N. Ono, William G. Wright
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research
Prey species often deploy different kinds of antipredator defenses, which can interact with each other in ways that are not yet completely understood. Much research into these interactions has utilized gastropod mollusks, usually focusing (in part) on the protective utility of the gastropod shell. This makes the evolutionary reduction of the shell in the opisthobranch gastropods (marine slugs) particularly interesting. This loss of protective function of the shell is associated with the evolution of alternative defenses. Particularly well studied are chemical defenses, especially those using secondary metabolites derived from food resources. As a first step toward understanding interspecific variation in …
