The Bdelloid Rotifer A. vaga (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

The Bdelloid Rotifer A. vaga

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A laboratory culture of the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga. Rotifers may be able to incorporate DNA from other species into their genomes during the desiccation and rehydration phases of their life cycle.

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Eugene Gladyshev

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