Lifespan of Bdelloid Rotifers

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Char97
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Lifespan of Bdelloid Rotifers

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How long do bdelloid rotifers live?

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Re: Lifespan of Bdelloid Rotifers

Post by deleted-141593 »

Hi there!

A quick google search yielded dozens of useful sources.

Take a look at this one: http://www.atbi.eu/summerschool/files/s ... llabus.pdf
See what else you can find!

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Colin
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Re: Lifespan of Bdelloid Rotifers

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Hello there,

You may want to also search up bdelloid rotifers on youtube also--there are some pretty cool videos where you can see them up close due to microscopy and also of them moving. They may be of interest to you as well.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... d+rotifers

Connie
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