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A new study shows that humans and tiny aquatic animals known as rotifers have something important in common when it comes to sex.
A new study shows that humans and tiny aquatic animals known as rotifers have something important in common when it comes to sex.
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- They haven't had sex in some 30 million years, but some very small invertebrates named bdelloid rotifers are still shocking biologists - they should have gone extinct long ago. Cornell researchers have discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2010
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Certain small, freshwater animals protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes "stolen" from bacteria, according to new research by a team from the University of Oxford, the University of Stirling and the Marine ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 18, 2024
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A collaborative research team lead by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently revealed that rotifers, a kind of microscopic zooplankton common in both fresh and ocean water around the world, are able to chew ...
Environment
Nov 9, 2023
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Much about tiny, swimming rotifers makes them ideal study subjects. Although barely visible to the naked eye, these transparent animals and their innards are readily viewed under a microscope. What's more, they grow readily ...
Biotechnology
Aug 4, 2023
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Your DNA holds the blueprint to build your body, but it's a living document: Adjustments to the design can be made by epigenetic marks.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 28, 2022
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Bdelloid rotifers are multicellular animals so small you need a microscope to see them. Despite their size, they're known for being tough, capable of surviving through drying, freezing, starvation, and low oxygen. Now, researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2021
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Advanced maternal age at the time of giving birth is known to decrease how long the offspring will live and their fecundity. However, why this occurs is unknown, and it remains unclear if maternal age also alters how offspring ...
Biotechnology
Mar 27, 2019
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A new study has cast doubt on leading theory for how tiny creatures have evolved for tens of millions of years—without ever having sex.
Evolution
Apr 25, 2018
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Rotifers are tough, microscopic organisms highly resistant to radiation and repeated cycles of dehydration and rehydration. Now Irina Arkhipova, Irina Yushenova, and Fernando Rodriguez of the Marine Biological Laboratory ...
Biotechnology
Jun 5, 2017
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