PhD student uses sea urchins as a model organism to study embryonic development and the effects of toxicants in the ocean Svenja Kling (SK): I was specifically interested in the Hamdoun Lab because of ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba examined how twin organisms can emerge from a single fertilized egg by studying sea urchin embryos. Their findings revealed that when an early-stage embryo is ...

When looking at the environmental and genetic effects on development in humans, the last place you might think to look is in the ocean. Sea urchins specifically have similar embryonic qualities as ...