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Turning defence into offence? Intrusion of cladoceran brood chambers by a green alga leads to reproductive failure
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Carole Llewellyn,
Kam Tang
Royal Society Open Science, Volume: 7, Issue: 9, Start page: 200249
Swansea University Authors:
Dania Albini, Mike Fowler , Carole Llewellyn, Kam Tang
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DOI (Published version): 10.1098/rsos.200249
Abstract
We observed a novel anti-grazer strategy in the green alga Chlorella vulgaris, where the cells entered the brood chambers of two grazers, Daphnia magna and Simocephalus sp, densely colonized the eggs, and significantly reduced the grazers' reproductive success.
| Published in: | Royal Society Open Science |
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| ISSN: | 2054-5703 2054-5703 |
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The Royal Society
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55072 |
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| Abstract: |
We observed a novel anti-grazer strategy in the green alga Chlorella vulgaris, where the cells entered the brood chambers of two grazers, Daphnia magna and Simocephalus sp, densely colonized the eggs, and significantly reduced the grazers' reproductive success. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Funders: |
UKRI, BBSRC, BB/L013789/1 |
| Issue: |
9 |
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200249 |