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Tessmar-Raible - The Company of Biologists
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Kristin Tessmar-Raible. The moon is an important timing cue for numerous marine species, ranging from algae to corals, worms, fishes and turtles. Such lunar timing typically controls the gonadal maturation and behavioral changes associated with reproductive rhythms. Despite the fundamental nature and widespread occurrence of lunar-controlled ...
A slightly different worm – Platynereis dumerilii
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· The zoologist Dr. Kristin Tessmar from the Max Perutz Laboratories at the University of Vienna assumes that special large cells act as sensors in the (transparent) head of the worm, which respond to the strength of the light, but not to its direction. The lunar periodicity of reproduction became famous thanks to another polychaete, the palolo worm, which is found in tropical coral reefs. Every ...
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