The cladoceran crustacean Daphnia pulex has served as a standard organism for aquatic
toxicity testing for decades. The model organism status of D. pulex rests largely on its …

Tryptophan hydroxylase (TRH) is the rate limiting enzyme in the serotonin synthesis.
CRISPR-Cas9 technology was used to generate seven indel TRH mutants in Daphnia …

Background The Ice krill, Euphausia crystallorophias is one of the species at the base of the
Southern Ocean food chain. Given their significant contribution to the biomass of the …

Introduction 3. Circadian clocks 4. Synchronizing mechanisms and signaling pathways 4.1.
Redox state as an entrainment pathway 5. Cryptochromes, ROS light signals and …

Elucidating the genetic mechanisms of adaptation to the hydrothermal vent in organisms at
genomic level is significant for understanding the adaptive evolution process in the extreme …

Essentially nothing is known about the molecular underpinnings of crustacean circadian
clocks. The genome of Daphnia pulex, the only crustacean genome available for public use …

We reveal the neuroanatomy of the optic ganglia and central brain in the water flea Daphnia
magna by use of classical neuroanatomical techniques such as semi-thin sectioning and …

Herein, a novel innovative lipid co-extraction strategy using the biodiesel-producing
microalga Chlorella pyrenoidosa and planktonic cladoceran Daphnia was proposed. Co …

Neurons–Glia–Synapses–General layout of the central nervous system–Architecture of the
brain–The ventral nerve cord–Motor systems. Non–Malacostraca–Remipedia …

The freshwater crustacean Daphnia is well known for its phenotypic plasticity, in which
environmental cues are perceived by the nervous system and transformed into phenotypic …