水蚤有大量之前从未见过的基因，也有一大堆在人类身上就发现的相同基因，其数量是至今科学家所知的昆虫或甲壳类生物中最多的。

Daphnia has a large number of never-before seen genes, as well as a big chunk of the same genes found in humans, the most of any insects or crustacean so far known to scientists.

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他们包括平均寿命只有11.6天的桡脚类的动物（一种小的甲壳类动物）非洲的汤氏纺锤水蚤，和可以存活74年的珍珠胎贝(珠母贝)。

They included cold-blooded organisms that ranged in average lifespan from 11.6 days for the copepod (small crustaceans) Arcartia tonsa to 74 years for the pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera).

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戈斯以水蚤（Daphnia magna）——一种微小的淡水甲壳类昆虫——为研究对象。 该类昆虫过去常被用于各类水生生物毒性研究中。

Goss studied Daphnia magna, a tiny freshwater crustacean used in many aquatic toxicity studies.

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