The water flea Daphnia--a 'new' model system for ecology and evolution?
Daphnia pulex is the first crustacean to have its genome sequenced. Availability of the genome sequence will have implications for research in aquatic ecology and evolution in particular, as addressed by a series of papers published recently in BMC Evolutionary Biology and BMC Genomics.
Stollewerk
Angelika
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Queen Mary, University of London, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK. a.stollewerk@qmul.ac.uk
D000220:Adaptation, Biological / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003621:Daphnia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004463:Ecology; D016678:Genome; D023421:Models, Animal; D010675:Pheromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D010802:Phylogeny; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics
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