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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Int Rev Hydrobiol. 2014 Mar;99(1-2):84–95. doi: 10.1002/iroh.201301707

Figure 4. a&b Reproductive mode and lifespan.

Figure 4

Comparative survival of rotifer males and different types of females. (A) Amictic – asexual females producing daughters, Unfertilized mictic – sexual females producing males, Fertilized mictic – sexual females producing resting eggs. (B) Percent difference between fertilized female survival and amictic or mictic female survival for days 6–12 of life. Asterisks indicate significant differences by Fisher’s Exact Test from fertilized mictic female survival.