Measurements of the genome size of the monogonont rotifer Brachionus plicatilis and of the bdelloid rotifers Philodina roseola and Habrotrocha constricta

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 387-388, Issue , 1998, Pages 395-402

  Mark Welch, David B ^a   Meselson, Matthew ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bdelloid; DNA hydridization; Genome size; Monogonont; Rotifera

Indexed keywords

GENOME; HABROTROCHA CONSTRICTA; HYBRIDIZATION;

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; PHILODINA ROSEOLA;

EID: 0004785430     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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