Browsing by Author "Tunnacliffe, Alan Garth"

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Expression profiling and cross-species RNA interference (RNAi) of desiccation-induced transcripts in the anhydrobiotic nematode Aphelenchus avenae

Reardon, Wesley; Chakrabortee, Sohini; Campos, Pereira Tiago; Tyson, Trevor; Banton, Matthew Camille; Dolan, Katharine M; Culleton, Bridget A; Wise, Michael J; Burnell, Ann M; Tunnacliffe, Alan Garth (2010-01-19)

Abstract Background Some organisms can survive extreme desiccation by entering a state of suspended animation known as anhydrobiosis. The free-living mycophagous nematode Aphelenchus avenae can be induced to enter anhydrobiosis ...
Multiple functionally divergent and conserved copies of alpha tubulin in bdelloid rotifers

Eyres, Isobel; Frangedakis, Eftychios; Fontaneto, Diego; Herniou, Elisabeth A; Boschetti, Chiara; Carr, Adrian; Micklem, Gos; Tunnacliffe, Alan Garth; Barraclough, Timothy G (2012-08-17)

AbstractBackgroundBdelloid rotifers are microscopic animals that have apparently survived without sex for millions of years and are able to survive desiccation at all life stages through a process called anhydrobiosis. ...