Rotaria
Sign in to saveRotaria is a genus of asexual, microscopic animal known as a bdelloid rotifer. Analysis published in 2007 of morphology and DNA sequence data of species from the genus confirmed that despite their asexual mechanism of reproduction, two fundamental properties of species, independent evolution and ecological divergence by natural selection occurred. This demonstrates that sex is not a necessary condition for speciation.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumRotifera
- ClassEurotatoria
- OrderBdelloidea
- FamilyPhilodinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- Family
- Philodinidae
- Collections
- CIB-UAEM, AM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, South Africa, South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands, Indonesia
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- Parent taxon
- Philodinidae
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Rotaria is a genus of asexual, microscopic animal known as a bdelloid rotifer. Analysis published in 2007 of morphology and DNA sequence data of species from the genus confirmed that despite their asexual mechanism of reproduction, two fundamental properties of species, independent evolution and ecological divergence by natural selection occurred. This demonstrates that sex is not a necessary condition for speciation.
==References==
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