Macrotrachela quadricornifera featured in a space experiment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 534, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 239-244

  Ricci, Claudia ^a   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Boschetti, Chiara ^a   Santo, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Bdelloid rotifer; Embryogenesis; International Space Station; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROSCOPES; SPACE RESEARCH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CYTOSKELETON; MACROTRACHELA QUADRICORNIFERA; OOGENESIS; ROTIFERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; MACROTRACHELA QUADRICORNIFERA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 17644392512     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1509-7     Document Type: Article

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