The Meselson Laboratory
The Evolutionary Genetics of Ancient Asexuality



Department of Molecular 
     and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
7 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge , MA 02138

  phone: 617-495-7899
  fax: 617-496-2444

Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative
    Molecular Biology and Evolution

Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL Street 
Woods Hole , MA 02543 
MBL logo
  phone: 508-289-7377 
  fax: 508-457-4727


  • Lab Members 
  • The bdelloid rotifer Philodina roseola
  • Research Projects 

  • Recent Publications 

  • Our page at the MCB Web Site 

  • Our page at the MBL Web Site 
  • Links to other sites about rotifers 



  • Harvard Sussex Program 

  • The bdelloid rotifer Philodina roseola 
    (ca 400 microns); her ancestors abandoned 
    sexual reproduction 80-100 million years ago. 
    This site is supported by the 
    United States National Science Foundation


    last update 09/06/04 by David Mark Welch