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SUBMITTER: Ritschar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7772340 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ritschar Sven S Bangalore Narayana Vinay Kumar VK Rabus Max M Laforsch Christian C
Scientific reports 20201229 1
The widespread distribution of Crustacea across every aquatic ecological niche on Earth is enabled due to their exoskeleton's versatile properties. Especially mineralization of the exoskeleton provides protection against diverse environmental threats. Thereby, the exoskeleton of some entomostracans is extremely phenotypically plastic, especially in response to predators. For instance, the freshwater zooplankton Daphnia forms conspicuous inducible morphological defenses, such as helmets, and can ...[more]