Bdelloid rotifers in Dominican amber: Evidence for parthenogenetic continuity |
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| Authors: | G. O. Poinar Jr C. Ricci |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, 94720 Berkeley, California, USA;(2) Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Torino, I-10123 Torino, (Italy) |
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| Abstract: | Recently discovered representatives of the Class Bdelloidea from Tertiary amber from the Dominican Republic represent the oldest known fossils of the Phylum Rotifera. Assuming that the fossil bdelloids had a similar mode of reproduction as present day members of the Class (apomictic thelytoky), then contrary to current thought, some lines of parthenogenetic organisms are not doomed to an early extinction and have evolved built-in mechanisms for genetic diversity. |
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| Keywords: | Fossil rotifers Bdelloidea Tertiary amber Dominican Republic |
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