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Poster
Regeneration in marine sponges
University of West Florida Libraries
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
2021
Abstract
• Marine sponges are an important component of reef systems because they provide sustenance for a variety of fishes and shelter for other numerous species.
• As some of the oldest enduring organisms, sponges have likely persisted for millions of years because of their unique survival abilities.
• These organisms are also the most profuse source of marine products that are used for human health.
• Sponges are a key organism to observe regeneration because of their resilience and capability to reaggregate and grow when cut or split into small pieces.
• Sponges can regenerate from fragments of adult sponges and even from single cells of the original sponge. Sponges that reaggregate piece themselves together and form new colonies of sponge cells.
• Studying regeneration has important medical implications and could lead to discovering methods to improve human medicine.
The objective of this study is to determine the regeneration rates in Axinella polycapella and Xytopsene sigmatum.
Details
- Title
- Regeneration in marine sponges
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
- Contributors
- Dr. Alexis M. Janosik (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090781406600
- Academic Unit
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2021; Biology; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English