Major
Neuroscience
Anticipated Graduation Year
2024
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Restricted Access
Abstract
Due to increasing temperatures around the globe, reptiles are facing increased extinction threats. Due to rapid rates of cell divisions, embryonic development is a sensitive process that requires specific environmental conditions to be completed properly. Cell death has been observed within the ventral forebrain of a developing A. sagrei lizard embryo in thermal stress. Whether or not the rest of the developing brain regions also experience deterioration or are unaffected in the presence of heat has not been determined. The project’s goal was to determine the effect of thermal stress on the developing Anolis sagrei brain. To do this, embryos were incubated in different temperatures ranging from 27℃ to 42℃ and analyzed for cell death.
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Dr. Thomas Sanger, professor, department of biology
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Thermal stress on the neurological development of the A. sagrei embryo
Due to increasing temperatures around the globe, reptiles are facing increased extinction threats. Due to rapid rates of cell divisions, embryonic development is a sensitive process that requires specific environmental conditions to be completed properly. Cell death has been observed within the ventral forebrain of a developing A. sagrei lizard embryo in thermal stress. Whether or not the rest of the developing brain regions also experience deterioration or are unaffected in the presence of heat has not been determined. The project’s goal was to determine the effect of thermal stress on the developing Anolis sagrei brain. To do this, embryos were incubated in different temperatures ranging from 27℃ to 42℃ and analyzed for cell death.