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Aslak Jørgensen
Researcher at University of Copenhagen
Publications - 62
Citations - 1986
Aslak Jørgensen is an academic researcher from University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heterotardigrada & Monophyly. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 61 publications receiving 1717 citations. Previous affiliations of Aslak Jørgensen include American Museum of Natural History & Natural History Museum.
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Survival in extreme environments - on the current knowledge of adaptations in tardigrades.
Nadia Møbjerg,Kenneth A. Halberg,Aslak Jørgensen,Dennis Persson,Morten Bjørn,Hans Ramløv,Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen +6 more
TL;DR: This review summarizes the current knowledge on adaptations found among tardigrades, and presents new data onTardigrade cell numbers and osmoregulation, as well as highlighting species that are current models for physiological and molecular investigations.
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A molecular study of the tardigrade Echiniscus testudo (Echiniscidae) reveals low DNA sequence diversity over a large geographical area
TL;DR: Data show a low genetic diversity and a relatively high haplotype diversity indicating that E. testudo is a young species with a high dispersal potential, and the COI and ITS2 minimum spanning networks show patterns that indicate dispersal of several haplotypes from founding populations.
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Extreme stress tolerance in tardigrades: surviving space conditions in low earth orbit
Dennis Persson,Kenneth A. Halberg,Aslak Jørgensen,Claudia Ricci,Nadja Møbjerg,Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen +5 more
TL;DR: The primary focus was to assess the impact of cosmic radiation on the survival of the eutardigrade Richtersius coronifer and experiments testing extreme cold and vacuum tolerance in R. coronifer show that tardigrades inanhydrobiosis are unaffected by these conditions.
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Molecular phylogeny of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada).
Aslak Jørgensen,Søren Faurby,Jesper Guldberg Hansen,Nadja Møbjerg,Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have sampled various arthrotardigrades and sequenced the 18S and partial 28S ribosomal subunits and performed phylogenetic analyses based on Bayesian inference and maximum parsimony.
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Comparative Investigation of Copper Tolerance and Identification of Putative Tolerance Related Genes in Tardigrades.
Thomas L. Hygum,Dannie Fobian,Maria Kamilari,Aslak Jørgensen,Morten Schiøtt,Martin Grosell,Nadja Møbjerg +6 more
TL;DR: Tardigrades seem to have a well-developed battery of cuproproteins involved in copper homeostasis, providing basis for active copper sequestering and excretion and supporting the hypothesis that copper inhibits sodium turnover as demonstrated for other aquatic organisms.