Rotifers: Excellent subjects for the study of macro- and microevolutionary change

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 662, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-18

  Fussmann, Gregor F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asexuality; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Rotifer phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEXUALITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

BDELLOIDA; EUKARYOTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79959809195     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0515-1     Document Type: Article

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