Karyotypes of bdelloid rotifers from three families

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 387-388, Issue , 1998, Pages 403-407

  Mark Welch, Jessica L ^a   Meselson, Matthew ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bdelloid; Chromosome number; Karyotype; Rotifer

Indexed keywords

ADINETA VAGA; ADINETIDAE; HABROTROCHA CONSTRICTA; INVERTEBRATA; MACROTRACHELA QUADRICORNIFERA; PHILODINA ROSEOLA; ROTIFERA; VAGA;

EID: 4243650691     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017007131386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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