How do terrestrial Antarctic organisms survive in their harsh environment?
Anhydrobiosis, or extreme desiccation tolerance, is one of the strategies that allows terrestrial Antarctic organisms to survive in a harsh environment. A new study in BMC Genomics analyses gene expression in an Antarctic nematode during desiccation, and sheds new light on this phenomenon.
Wharton
David A
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Department of Zoology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. david.wharton@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Marshall
Craig J
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D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D014867:Water
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