Explaining cases of long-term persistence of parthenogenesis has proven an arduous task
for evolutionary biologists. Interpreting sexual–asexual interactions though has recently …

High morphological plasticity in populations of brine shrimp subjected to different
environmental conditions, mainly salinity, hindered for centuries the identification of the …

Field surveys were conducted in order to collect information on the occurrence of wild
Artemia populations in hypersaline environments such as salt lakes, lagoons and salty …

Artemia urmiana cysts were collected from seven sites in Urmia Lake, Iran. Biometrical
analysis revealed that the mean values for the untreated cysts ranged from 262.7 to 286.6 …

Parthenogenesis is an asexual reproduction mode characterized by the development of a
female oocyte without fertilization. From an evolutionary perspective, parthenogenesis …

Species of Artemia are regionally endemic branchiopod crustaceans composed of sexual
species and parthenogenetic lineages, and represent an excellent model for studying …

Asexual organisms are confronted with substantial drawbacks, both immediate and delayed,
threatening their evolutionary persistence. Yet, genetic associations with asexuality may …

Abstract Brine shrimps, Artemia (Crustacea, Anostraca), inhabit hypersaline environments
and have a broad geographical distribution from sea level to high plateaus. Artemia …

Introduced populations of the American invasive Artemia franciscana have been reported in
Mediterranean countries except for Italy. A recent sampling at Margherita di Savoia revealed …

We studied the Artemia populations existing in Lake Urmia (north‐western Iran), one of the
largest habitats of Artemia in the world, in order to settle the long‐standing controversy over …