How a group of animals can abandon sex, yet produce more than 460 species over evolutionary time, became a little less mysterious this week with the publication of the complete genome of a ...

How a group of animals can abandon sex, yet produce more than 460 species over evolutionary time, became a little less mysterious this week with the publication of the complete genome of a ...

Rotifers have been the big wheels of the microscopic world for more than 300 years, so it's fitting that a rotifer's wheel-like head gets its turn in the photographic spotlight. An extreme close ...

Rotifers are microscopic freshwater-dwelling multicellular organisms. They're already known to withstand freezing (even in liquid nitrogen), boiling, desiccation, and radiation, and the group has ...

The rotifer came from a depth of about 11 feet (3.5 meters). The researchers used radiocarbon dating -- a way to determine the age of organic materials -- to date the animal.

Arctic rotifer lives after 24,000 years in a frozen state Date: June 7, 2021 Source: Cell Press Summary: Bdelloid rotifers are multicellular animals so small you need a microscope to see them.

How to survive without sex: Rotifer genome reveals its strategies Date: July 22, 2013 Source: Marine Biological Laboratory Summary: How a group of animals can abandon sex, yet produce more than ...