Ephippial eggs of the waterflea, Daphnia pulex, from two strains, were immersed in a synthetic pond medium and incubated under low intensity fluorescent light. Ephippia were also desiccated or soaked ...

While light controls dormancy occurrence in various groups of organisms, it may play different roles in its initiation and termination. Seasonally changing photoperiod is frequently used to announce ...

Flourishing in spectacular numbers in lakes and ponds around the world, tiny creatures known as Daphnia play an essential role in freshwater ecology. Daphnia, a type of planktonic crustacean, are the ...

This discovery is more than 10 years in the making, but just recently it's been given life like never before in the world of science. "The idea of taking dormant eggs and germinate them or hatch them ...

In populations of a cyclical parthenogen, the diversity of clonal lineages, derived from sexually produced eggs, declines during the parthenogenetic phase. Even though Daphnia magna populations from ...