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Open Biology, 2021 Trehalose is a versatile non-reducing sugar. In some animal groups possessing its intrinsic production machinery, it is used as a potent protectant against environmental stresses, as well as blood sugar.
Yuichiro Hara +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2020 Larvae of the sleeping chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki are known for their extraordinary ability to survive complete desiccation in an ametabolic state called “anhydrobiosis”. The unique feature of P.
Taisiya A. Voronina +9 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Dispersal abilities in animals contribute to their local genetic variability and species persistence. However, the mechanisms facilitating a short-distance migration of small organisms remain underexplored. In this study we experimentally tested the role
Zofia Książkiewicz, Milena Roszkowska
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Anhydrobiosis in Bdelloid Species, Populations and Individuals [PDF]
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2005 Bdelloid rotifers are aquatic microinvertebrates common in water bodies and in unstable "terrestrial" habitats, such as mosses and lichens. The key to the adaptability to live in unstable habitats is their capacity to tolerate habitat desiccation through anhydrobiosis, that is assumed apomorphic to the taxon. The life history traits of some "moss" and "
Claudia Ricci, Manuela Caprioli
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Microorganisms, 2022 Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an accurate, fast and safe technique whose full potential remains to be exploited. Lichens are a paradigm of symbiotic association, with extraordinary properties, such as abiotic stress tolerance and adaptation to ...
Irene Bruñas Gómez +3 more
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Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2017 The molecular basis of anhydrobiosis, the state of suspended animation entered by some species during extreme desiccation, is still poorly understood despite a number of transcriptome and proteome studies.
Cláudia Carolina Silva Evangelista +7 more
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Anhydrobiosis: Drying Out with Sugar [PDF]
Current Biology, 2014 The disaccharide trehalose is a major determinant of desiccation tolerance via unresolved mechanisms. A new study highlights a critical role for this chemical chaperone in energy-independent maintenance of protein homeostasis during extended periods of dehydration and relative metabolic inactivity.
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Genomic Analyses of Cryptobiotic Tardigrades [PDF]
, 2008 Genomics technologies, especially transcriptional profiling, allows comparisons of gene expression within and across different organisms. By the use of the model group Tardigrada, also known as water bear, we try to understand the phenomenon of ...
Dandekar, Thomas +7 more
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Tardigrade distribution in soils of high Arctic habitats. [PDF]
Ecol EvolArctic soil tardigrade communities thrive in habitats with robust plant growth such as dry and wet tundra. Conversely, these communities are virtually absent in glacier forelands and soil crusts. The abundance of tardigrades is intricately connected to soil organic carbon levels, while diversity and species composition are closely associated with soil ...
Tůmová M +3 more
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