The Search for a Model Organism for Panspermia: Examining the Effects of Vacuum and Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure on Differently Encysted Artemia Embryos

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dc.contributor.advisorEthan Deneault
dc.contributor.authorCorinne Speight
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-21T20:29:39Z
dc.date.available2018-02-21T20:29:39Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionRecommended Citation: Speight, Corinne. “The Search for a Model Organism for Panspermia: Examining the Effects of Vacuum and Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure on Differently Encysted Artemia Embryos.” Acta Spartae, 2015. https://doi.org/10.48497/EPNP-6466.
dc.description.abstractPanspermia, or the idea that sources of life are distributed throughout the Universe via transportational units such as meteoroids, has become a tantalizing possibility throughout the realm of astrobiology. In this experiment, Artemia franciscana (brine shrimp a.k.a. Sea Monkey) embryos under different encystment states (dehydrated, hydrated-capsulated, and hydrated-decapsulated) were exposed to extreme vacuum and ultraviolet radiation conditions similar to those found in space in order to determine whether or not they could be a prototypical organism for this theory. Quantitative analyses were done by calculating Artemia hatch rates for umbrella, naupliar, and both umbrella & naupliar stages following treatments. Although hatch rates varied, exposure to these extreme space-like conditions did not completely impede the viability of the encysted Artemia studied. This suggests that encysted Artemia franciscana may be a model organism supporting the theory of panspermia, although the effects of encystment state during exposure to other space-like conditions besides extreme vacuum and UV radiation warrants further investigation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSpeight, Corinne. “The Search for a Model Organism for Panspermia: Examining the Effects of Vacuum and Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure on Differently Encysted Artemia Embryos.” Acta Spartae, 2015. https://doi.org/10.48497/EPNP-6466.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.48497/epnp-6466
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/272
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCollege of Natural and Health Sciences, The University of Tampaen_US
dc.subjectDepartment of Biologyen_US
dc.subjectDepartment of Chemistryen_US
dc.subjectDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physicsen_US
dc.subjectPanspermiaen_US
dc.subjectUltraviolet radiationen_US
dc.subjectArtemiaen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Biologyen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Chemistryen_US
dc.titleThe Search for a Model Organism for Panspermia: Examining the Effects of Vacuum and Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure on Differently Encysted Artemia Embryosen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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