Title: | The water flea Daphnia--a 'new' model system for ecology and evolution? |
Address: | "Queen Mary, University of London, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK. a.stollewerk@qmul.ac.uk" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1475-4924 (Electronic) 1478-5854 (Print) 1475-4924 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "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" |
Keywords: | "Adaptation, Biological/genetics Animals Behavior, Animal *Biological Evolution Daphnia/drug effects/*genetics/physiology Ecology *Genome *Models, Animal Pheromones/pharmacology Phylogeny Signal Transduction/genetics;" |
Notes: | "MedlineStollewerk, Angelika eng BB/F021909/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2010/05/19 J Biol. 2010; 9(2):21. doi: 10.1186/jbiol212. Epub 2010 Jan 13" |