Over the past decade, the availability of DNA sequence data from rotifers and the
development of statistical and analytical tools linked to phylogenetic reconstructions allowed …

Genetic structure of sedentary marine organisms with planktonic larvae can be influenced by
oceanographic transport, larval behaviour and local selection. We analysed the population …

We examine phylogenetic relationships within the Synergus complex of herbivorous
inquiline gallwasps (Hymenoptera; Cynipidae; Synergini) associated with cynipid host galls …

The taxonomic uncertainty surrounding cryptic species complexes has traditionally been
resolved using lengthy experimental approaches, while, since the advent of PCR based …

Despite their high morphological similarity, cryptic species often coexist in aquatic habitats
presenting a challenge in the framework of niche differentiation theory and coexistence …

The purpose of this paper was to study the plankton food web structure in Lake Koronia
during an extremely dense bloom of Prymnesium parvum. The Prymnesium bloom fulfilled …

Three well-defined groups, consisting of 15 species, have recently been ascribed to
organisms historically identified as the Brachionus plicatilis species complex. One of these …

The rotifer Brachionus plicatilis is a common brackish-water zooplankter, and one of the
beststudied rotifer species. It is characterized by high growth rate, widespread distribution …

Elucidating the evolutionary patterns and processes of extant species is an important
objective of any research program that seeks to understand population divergence and …

Background Rotifers are among the most common non-arthropod animals and are the most
experimentally tractable members of the basal assemblage of metazoan phyla known as …