The early life stages of fish are marked by the rapid development of the digestive system, which plays a critical role in transitioning from endogenous nutrition, using yolk reserves, to exogenous ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract High-quality developmental environments often improve individual performance into adulthood, but allocating toward early life traits, such as ...

Scientists have uncovered a key mechanism in jellyfish embryos that provides new insights into how the body plan of these animals develops along a central axis from their ‘head’ to ‘tail’. The study, ...

North America's freshwater mussels are both impressively diverse and highly imperiled. Nearly 300 species occur in the United States and Canada, and up to 40 species of the hard-shelled bottom ...