Degenerate Tetraploidy Was Established Before Bdelloid Rotifer Families Diverged [PDF]
Rotifers of Class Bdelloidea are abundant freshwater invertebrates known for their remarkable ability to survive desiccation and their lack of males and meiosis.
Hur, Jae H. +3 more
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An Integrated Morphological and Molecular Approach to the Description and Systematisation of a Novel Genus and Species of Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha) [PDF]
Background Gastrotricha systematics is in a state of flux mainly due to the conflicts between cladistic studies base on molecular markers and the classical systematisation based on morphological traits.
Dal Zotto, M. +2 more
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Antarctic bdelloid rotifers: diversity, endemism and evolution [PDF]
Antarctica is an isolated continent whose conditions challenge the survival of living organisms. High levels of endemism are now known in many Antarctic organisms, including algae, tardigrades, nematodes and microarthropods.
Convey, P. +10 more
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Horizontal gene transfer and the unusual genomic architecture of bdelloid rotifers [PDF]
Bdelloid rotifers are microscopic aquatic animals, notable for their ancient asexuality and their extreme desiccation tolerance. In the absence of sexual reproduction, bdelloids have persisted for over 40 million years, diverging into >450 ...
Eyres, Isobel
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Biodiversity of Indian Rotifers (Rotifera) with remarks on biogeography and richness in diverse ecosystems [PDF]
We assess biodiversity status of Rotifera known from India to-date based on our studies from various regions of this country and evaluation of other viable records, and highlight notable features of biogeography and richness. The Indian fauna reveals 434
Sharma, Bhushan Kumar, Sharma, Sumita
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Musculature of two bdelloid rotifers, Adineta ricciae and Macrotrachela quadricornifera: organization in a functional and evolutionary perspective [PDF]
Organization of muscles in microinvertebrates has often been studied to answer functional questions and understand phylogenetic relationships among taxa.
Claudia Ricci, Francesca Leasi
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A guide to the freshwater fauna of Ceylon. Supplement 3 [PDF]
This supplement to the “Guide to the freshwater fauna of Ceylon” by A. S. Mendis and C. H. Fernando. Bull Fish. Res. Stn. Ceylon 12, 160 pp. (1962) includes a number of additional records to the fauna and nomenclatural changes designed to bring the ...
Fernando, C.H.
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Commensalism and parasitic infestation in crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823) of Aras Dam Reservoir, Iran [PDF]
The freshwater crayfish of the Aras Reservoir is an important economic fisheries resource of West Azarbaijan, Iran. This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of parasitic infestation of Crayfish seasonally in this area in 2010.
Mehrabi, M.R. +3 more
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Zooplankton community structure in Pengkalan Chepa river basin [PDF]
A study was conducted on zooplankton composition and physico-chemical parameters at five different stations within Pengkalan Chepa River Basin, Kelantan.
Fadzli, Siti Zulfarina
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A Limnological Study of Ricks Pond and the Gulpha Creek Drainage in Garland County, Arkansas [PDF]
A limnological investigation of Ricks Pond and the Gulpha Creek drainage of Garland County, Arkansas was conducted between 1 June 1978, and 21 August 1978.
Buchanan, Tom M. +4 more
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