Convergent evolution of aquatic life by sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 439-453

  Krause, Alena ^a   Pachl, Patrick ^a   Schulz, Garvin ^a   Lehmitz, Ricarda ^b   Seniczak, Anna ^c   Schaefer, Ina ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Maraun, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Marine; Oribatida; Parthenogenesis; Phylogeny; Reproductive mode

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ACARI; AMERONOTHRIDAE; AMERONOTHROIDEA; ANIMALIA; BRACHYPYLINA; ORIBATIDA;

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MITE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; MITES; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84992387962     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-016-0089-3     Document Type: Article

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