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No detectable differences in total protein, DNA, RNA and glycogen content were found between the morphologically and physiologically distinct saccate and campanulate morphotypes in one clone of the rotiferAsplanchna sieboldi.
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We thank Mrs.Maxine Bean for expert technical assistance and Dr.J. D. Yager andMr. M. Kabay for careful review of the manuscript. This work was supported by National Science Foundation grant No. GB-31282, Public Health Service research grant No. 1R01 HD 08210 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and Public Health Service Career Development Award No. K04-GM-70557 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to J. J. G.
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Litton, J.R., Gilbert, J.J. Polymorphism in the rotiferAsplanchna sieboldi: Some chemical constituents of the saccate and campanulate females. Experientia 32, 1408–1409 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01937404
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