Red-eyed treefrog embryos actively avoid asphyxiation inside their eggs
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 12:21
in Biology & Nature
Boston University undergraduate Jessica Rogge and associate professor Karen Warkentin, working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's laboratories in Gamboa, Panama, discovered that frog embryos at a very early developmental stage actively respond to oxygen levels in the egg - as reported in the 7 November issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology. These initial responses to the environment may be critical to the frogs' long-term survival...