User:Alexander S Mikheyev/Notebook/mutation accumulation in rotifers

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Project Description/Abstract

 * This project aims to address several questions using the same experimental framework (mutation accumulation lines).
 * What is the mutation rate of rotifer genomes?
 * Does dessication play a role in increasing genetic diversity of bdelloid rotifer populations? (Maybe we'll get to that)

Here is the basic plan

 * It takes one about a day for P. roseola eggs to hatch, and about 5 for the rotifer to become sexually mature.
 * Take offspring of a single young female P. roseola and culture them in 24 well dishes.
 * After 5 days take one young rotifer female and from each well and move her to a plate.