Population density, sexual reproduction and diapause in monogonont rotifers: new data for Brachionus and a review

Diapausing, fertilized eggs in monogonont rotifers typically are formed after an environmental signal induces amictic females to produce mictic daughters. Mictic females lay haploid eggs that may develop parthenogenetically into males, or that may be fertilized and develop into diapausing, female em...

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Main Author: John J. GILBERT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2004-09-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
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Online Access:http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/278