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No Sex Please, We're Bdelloids

Caption: Proteins (stained red) in an ancient asexual invertebrate, the bdelloid rotifer Adineta ricciae, which are associated with desiccation tolerance. Top Left: Transmitted light image of bdelloid rotifer Adineta riccaiae. Top Right: DAPI-stained confocal image showing cell nuclei. Bottom Left: Immunofluorescence confocal image of LEA proteins. Bottom Right: Composite of top right and bottom left panels. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Oct. 12, 2007, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Natalia Pouchkina-Stantcheva and colleagues at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., was titled "Functional Divergence of Former Alleles in an Ancient Asexual Invertebrate."

Credit: Image courtesy of Chiara Boschetti and Alan Tunnacliffe

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