Evidence for degenerate tetraploidy in bdelloid rotifers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 5145-5149

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

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Asexual reproduction; Evolution of sex; Gene conversion; Genome structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BDELLOIDEA; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; DESICCATION; DIPLOIDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA TEMPLATE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HSP82 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PHILODINA ROSEOLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; ROTIFERA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SISTER CHROMATID; TETRAPLOIDY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYPLOIDY;

BDELLOIDA; BDELLOIDEA (ROTIFERA); PHILODINA ROSEOLA; ROTIFERA;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90;

ANIMALS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYPLOIDY; ROTIFERA;

EID: 42049112408     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800972105     Document Type: Article

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