TY - CHAP AU - Sartori Davide AU - Lera Samantha AU - Silvia Giuliani AU - Simona Macchia AU - Lorenzo Morroni AU - David Pellegrini AU - Andrea Gaion ED - Maria Agnello Y1 - 2017-10-04 PY - 2017 T1 - Importance of Gamete Quality in Ecotoxicological Application: Natural versus Bred Population in Paracentrotus lividus N2 - This book is addressed to the readers operating in the sea urchin field of research, as well as to the lovers of this fascinating organism. Sea urchin, among the most known marine invertebrates belonging to the deuterostomes, is more closely related to humans than other invertebrates, thus representing a suitable model system not only for developmental biology and ecotoxicology but also for biomedicine. The topics described highlight the validity and versatility of this organism for different kinds of investigations. A collection of interesting chapters contributes to this volume and clearly shows the reason of the high interest manifested by a huge number of scientists around the world for this organism over time. Each contribution is a separate and comprehensive chapter but within the book's aim. BT - Sea Urchin SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.69235 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.69235 SN - 978-953-51-3526-5 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-27 ER -