Oocyte nuclear DNA content and GC proportion in rotifers of the anciently asexual Class Bdelloidea

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-91

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

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adineta; Asexuality; Chromosomes; Ethidium bromide; Habrotrocha; Hoechst; Macrotrachela; Mithramycin; Parthenogenesis; Philodina

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DNA; EVOLUTION;

ADINETA; BDELLOIDA; EUKARYOTA; HABROTROCHA; MACROTRACHELA; PHILODINA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0038075529     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00180.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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