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Developmental arrest in vent worm embryos

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  • Florence Pradillon

    (Biologie Marine, Unite Mixte de Recherche, Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

  • Bruce Shillito

    (Biologie Marine, Unite Mixte de Recherche, Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

  • Craig M. Young

    (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution)

  • Françoise Gaill

    (Biologie Marine, Unite Mixte de Recherche, Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Abstract

Temperature is a key factor in controlling the distribution of marine organisms and is particularly important at hydrothermal vents, where steep thermal gradients are present over a scale of centimetres1. The thermophilic worm Alvinella pompejana, which is found at the vents of the East Pacific Rise (2,500-m depth), has an unusually broad thermotolerance (20–80 °C) as an adult2,3, but we show here that the temperature range required by the developing embryo is very different from that tolerated by adults. Our results indicate that early embryos may disperse through cold abyssal water in a state of developmental arrest, completing their development only when they encounter water that is warm enough for their growth and survival.

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  • Florence Pradillon & Bruce Shillito & Craig M. Young & Françoise Gaill, 2001. "Developmental arrest in vent worm embryos," Nature, Nature, vol. 413(6857), pages 698-699, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:413:y:2001:i:6857:d:10.1038_35099674
    DOI: 10.1038/35099674
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