Testing for evidence of inefficient selection in bdelloid rotifers: Do sample size and habitat differences matter?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 662, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-25

  Swanstrom, Jennifer ^a,b   Chen, Kimberly ^a,c   Castillo, Kath ^a   Barraclough, Timothy G ^a   Fontaneto, Diego ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ancient asexual; Cytochrome oxidase c subunit I; Deleterious mutations; Population genetics; Rotifera Bdelloidea

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLADISTICS; CYTOCHROME; INVERTEBRATE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; BDELLOIDA; BDELLOIDEA (ROTIFERA); ROTIFERA;

EID: 79959810610     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0480-8     Document Type: Article

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