Bdelloid rotifers are tiny freshwater creatures that are smaller than the width of a human hair, but still have a head, mouth, gut, and other structures. New research has shown that these little ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Bdelloid rotifers are ancient, asexual, oddballs. The teeny-tiny ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have revived 24,000-year-old bdelloid rotifer microworms. The rotifers were frozen in permafrost in a long-term ...
To better understand the sessile rotifer community of a shallow, eutrophic lake, we monitored over a 1-year period the monthly changes in the density and diversity of rotifers on the roots of the ...
Rotifers, tiny freshwater and marine invertebrates, have long provided an excellent model for exploring the mechanisms of inducible defences – a form of phenotypic plasticity whereby organisms alter ...
Scientists have revived 24,000-year-old bdelloid rotifer microworms. The rotifers were frozen in permafrost in a long-term cryptobiotic state. Lessons from these and other revived organisms could help ...