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Development of a microinjection system for RNA interference in the water flea Daphnia pulex.
BMC biotechnology - 5 Nov 2013
Hiruta Chizue, Toyota Kenji, Miyakawa Hitoshi, Ogino Yukiko, Miyagawa Shinichi, Tatarazako Norihisa, Shaw Joseph R, Iguchi Taisen
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BACKGROUND: The ubiquitous, freshwater microcrustacean Daphnia pulex provides a model system for both human health research and monitoring ecosystem integrity. It is the first crustacean to have a well annotated, reference genome assembly that revealed an unusually high gene count highlighted by a large gene orphanage,-i.e., previously uncharacterized genes. Daphnia are capable of either clonal or sexual...
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