Genomic integrity of rehydrated P. roseola after 1 day of desiccation with exposure to 800 Gy X-ray radiation. Genomic integrity was assessed using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (see Methods section) at different time points post irradiation (and rehydration for desiccation-resistant species). The first lane on the gels corresponds to the karyotype of Saccharomyces cerevisiae . The second lane corresponds to the control (1000 hydrated individuals, but 250 for Rotaria species). The third lane corresponds to 1-day desiccated bdelloids not submitted and submitted to 800 Gy X-ray radiation. The other lanes correspond to 1000 desiccated individuals after 2, 4, 8, 24, 48, and 168 h of rehydration. The run parameters are documented under each gel
