During their final year at UT Arlington, biology students Dustin Luu and Hillary Vo achieved something few undergraduates have: lead authorship of a peer-reviewed, published article. Called “An Efficient Method for Hatching Diapausing Embryos of Daphnia pulex Species Complex (Crustacea, Anomopoda),” the paper details a new, efficient method for hatching embryos that have stopped development but remain viable for an extended period of time. It was published in the Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology.
“For undergraduates who juggle a busy schedule of classes and other extracurricular activities, publishing peer-reviewed articles as lead authors is a tremendous achievement,” says Assistant Professor Sen Xu, who served as the corresponding author.
