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Male seahorse pouch proteins may help remove toxic waste from developing embryos

Male seahorses, fishes that belong to the Syngnathidae family, show a distinctive reproductive strategy in which males carry developing embryos in a brood pouch. Their most distinctive feature is the brood pouch on the ventral side of the male fish, into which the female fish transfers her eggs.

Male seahorse pouch proteins may help remove toxic waste from developing embryos

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