Daphnia, also known as the water flea, is a small freshwater crustacean known for its sensitivity to pollution. To date, the impact of chemicals has been measured only at the whole organism level.

The study of the microbiome in aquatic organisms, particularly in the water flea Daphnia magna, has gained significant attention in recent years. Daphnia serves as a model organism for ...

Daphnia downregulate certain genes to cope with high levels ... which made sense given that oRNA comes directly from the organism and eRNA comes from the organism’s traces. However, the scientists ...