Jim Nestler - Sea Cucumbers: Rotting and Regenerating Zombies of the Sea

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Jim Nestler - Sea Cucumbers: Rotting and Regenerating Zombies of the Sea

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The California Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus californicus) is a commonly-known echinoderm on the west coast of North America with a little-known seasonal cycle. In late fall, animals stop moving and experience complete degradation of their internal organs; they become little more than apparently dead bags of skin. Several weeks later, the internal organs regenerate and animals regain their activity. Dr. Nestler will describe current molecular, physiological, and ecological research he and his students are conducting on this bizarre phenomenon, and implications their findings may have for loss and regeneration of human internal organs.

Publication Date

2-12-2015

Keywords

E.O. Grundset, Lecture, Jim Nestler, Sea Cucumbers

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Biology

Jim Nestler - Sea Cucumbers: Rotting and Regenerating Zombies of the Sea

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