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Evidence of avian-mediated long distance dispersal in American tardigrades

Terrestrial tardigrades, commonly known as “water bears”, are part of a phylum of microscopic, aquatic invertebrates famous for cryptobiosis and space travel, but little is known about their modes of dispersal on Earth. Wind is assumed, but not truly demonstrated, to be the major method of global di...

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Autores principales: Mogle, Matthew J., Kimball, Scott A., Miller, William R., McKown, Richard D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018851
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5035