title: Anhydrobiosis: the model worm as a model?
abstract: New work now shows that the dauer larvae of Caenorhabditis elegans can survive anhydrobiotically. The genetic tractability of this model organism may be useful in studying how organisms survive when losing most or all of their water.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. david.wharton@otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wharton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000187:drug effects*; D003890:Desiccation; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects*; D014199:Trehalose / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014199:Trehalose