Doug Watson and Hsiang-Yin Chen, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Doug Watson and Hsiang-Yin Chen, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1 of 2)

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UAB biologist Doug Watson, left, and graduate assistant Hsiang-Yin Chen say the team is close to discovering the structure of the molt-inhibiting hormone that could lead them to develop methods to induce molting on command to produce soft-shell crab as needed.

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