The mystery of lunar-synchronized beach spawning / Curr. Biol., Oct. 27, 2022 (Vol. 32, Issue 22)

Many organisms living along the coastlines synchronize their reproduction with the lunar cycle. At the time of spring tide, thousands of grass puffers aggregate and vigorously tremble their bodies at the water’s edge to spawn. Takashi Yoshimura and colleagues explain its underlying mechanism.

Check out the paper at http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01604-9.

J. Chen, Y. Katada, K. Okimura, T. Yamaguchi, Y.-J. Guh, T. Nakayama, M. Maruyama, Y. Furukawa, Y. Nakane, N. Yamamoto, et al. (2022). Prostaglandin E2 synchronizes lunar-regulated beach spawning in grass puffers. Curr. Biol. 32.

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