Growth and Developmental Processes Alternate During Larval Development of Atlantic Herring.

ABSTRACT: During their development, fish pass through a series of developmental processes advancing, for example, their physiological and locomotive abilities. In particular, many marine fish larvae often hatch at an (semi-) embryonic developmental stage, and existential processes, such as digestion and respiration, and structures, such as muscle and skeleton, must form and/or change during the larval development. In this study, we analyzed the gene expression of factors associated with myogenesis, skeletogenesis, and growth within the different larval life stages of Atlantic herring. We evaluated these results in relation to length and stage ratio and performed histological analysis of cross-sections of herring larvae in different stages. Overall, the length per stage ratios showed that there are t

SUBMITTER: Fischbach V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12639411 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature