Back to the roots, desiccation and radiation resistances are ancestral characters in bdelloid rotifers

Abstract Background Bdelloid rotifers are micro-invertebrates distributed worldwide, from temperate latitudes to the most extreme areas of the planet like Antarctica or the Atacama Desert. They have colonized any habitat where liquid water is temporarily available, including terrestrial environments...

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Main Authors: Boris Hespeels, Diego Fontaneto, Valérie Cornet, Sébastien Penninckx, Jérémy Berthe, Lucie Bruneau, James W. Larrick, Eloïse Rapport, Jérémie Bailly, Nicolas Debortoli, Nataliia Iakovenko, Karel Janko, Anne-Catherine Heuskin, Stéphane Lucas, Bernard Hallet, Karine Van Doninck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-04-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01554-w