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Extreme resistance of bdelloid rotifers to ionizing radiation

Eugene Gladyshev and Matthew Meselson
PNAS April 1, 2008 105 (13) 5139-5144; first published March 24, 2008; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0800966105
Eugene Gladyshev
*Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; and
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†Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543
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  1. Contributed by Matthew Meselson, January 30, 2008 (received for review November 9, 2007)

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vol. 105 no. 13 5139-5144
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0800966105
PubMed: 
18362355

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Received November 9, 2007
  • Published in issue April 1, 2008.
  • Published first March 24, 2008.

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© 2008 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA

Author Information

  1. Eugene Gladyshev* and
  2. Matthew Meselson*,†,‡
  1. *Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; and
  2. †Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543
  1. Contributed by Matthew Meselson, January 30, 2008 (received for review November 9, 2007)

Footnotes

  • ↵‡To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: msm{at}wjh.harvard.edu
  • Author contributions: E.G. and M.M. designed research; E.G. performed research; E.G. and M.M. analyzed data; and M.M. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Extreme resistance of bdelloid rotifers to ionizing radiation
Eugene Gladyshev, Matthew Meselson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Apr 2008, 105 (13) 5139-5144; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800966105

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