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Resurrection of Dormant Daphnia magna: Protocol and Applications
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Resurrection of Dormant Daphnia magna: Protocol and Applications
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07:37 min

January 19, 2018

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:08Sediment Core Preparation and Radiometric Dating
  • 02:01Sieving of Sediment Layers
  • 03:23Decapsulation of Ephippia Hatching, and Establishing Isoclonal Lines of Daphnia magna
  • 05:16Results: Daphnia magna Subpopulation Resurrected from Sedimentary Archive Respond to Temperature
  • 06:35Conclusion

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Long-term studies are essential to understanding the process of evolution and the mechanisms of adaptation. Generally, these studies require commitments beyond the life-time of researchers. Here, a powerful method is described that dramatically advances state-of-the-art data collection to generate longitudinal data in natural systems.

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