Hypsibius dujardini
| Hypsibius dujardini | |
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| Hypsibius dujardini | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrades |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Parachaela |
| Family: | Hypsibiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypsibiinae |
| Genus: | Hypsibius |
| Species: | H. dujardini |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840) | |
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Macrobiotus dujardini Doyère, 1840 | |
Hypsibius dujardini is a species of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of Hypsibius dujardini has been sequenced.[1] Hypsibius dujardini has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cultured indefinitely and cryopreserved.[2]
References
- ↑ Koutsovoulos, Georgios; Kumar, Sujai; Laetsch, Dominik R.; Stevens, Lewis; Daub, Jennifer; Conlon, Claire; Maroon, Habib; Thomas, Fran; Aboobaker, Aziz A.; Blaxter, Mark (2016). "No evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer in the genome of the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: 201600338. doi:10.1073/pnas.1600338113. ISSN 0027-8424.
- ↑ Gabriel, W; et al. (2007). "The tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini, a new model for studying the evolution of development". Developmental Biology. 312: 545–559. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.09.055. PMID 17996863.
External links
- Tardigrada Newsletter
- Tardigrades - Pictures and Movies
- The Edinburgh Tardigrade project
- Tardigrades (English/German)
- Hypsibius dujardini and the evolution of development
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