An automated aquatic rack system for rearing marine invertebrates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One hundred years ago, marine organisms were the dominant systems for the study of developmental biology. The challenges in rearing these organisms outside of a marine setting ultimately contributed to a shift towards work on a smaller number of so-called model systems. Those animals are typically non-marine organisms with advantages afforded by short life cycles, high fecundity, and relative ease in laboratory culture. However, a full understanding of biodiversity, evolution, and anthropogenic effects on biological systems requires a broader survey of development in the animal kingdom. To this day, marine organisms remain relatively understudied, particularly the members of the Lophotrochozoa (Spiralia), which include well over one third of the metazoan phyla (such as t

SUBMITTER: Henry JQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7199361 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature