A new manuscript by Biology Graduate Student Steven Byrum (from the Gareth Fraser and Gavin Naylor Labs) has won a Research Promotion Initiative Award, offered by UF Strategic Communications & Marketing. The new paper, published in Developmental Dynamics, charts the embryonic development of a hammerhead shark species, the Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo), for the first time.
Manuscript title: Embryonic development in the bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), a viviparous hammerhead shark
The stage series shows the crucial steps in the development of the characteristic hammerhead, or cephalofoil. The RPI award also provides added media promotion. For the collection of embryos the UF team collaborated with researchers from Florida State University and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
https://news.ufl.edu/2023/09/hammerhead-shark-development/
https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-hammerhead-get-its-hammer
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/dvdy.658