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Review
. 2010;9(2):21.
doi: 10.1186/jbiol212. Epub 2010 Jan 13.

The water flea Daphnia--a 'new' model system for ecology and evolution?

Angelika Stollewerk  1
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Review

The water flea Daphnia--a 'new' model system for ecology and evolution?

Angelika Stollewerk. J Biol. 2010.

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.

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Scanning electron micrograph of a Daphnia larva shortly before hatching. Photograph courtesy of Petra Ungerer.
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