Morphological mechanism allowing a parasitic leech, Ozobranchus jantseanus (Rhynchobdellida: Ozobran...
Morphological mechanism allowing a parasitic leech, Ozobranchus jantseanus (Rhynchobdellida: Ozobranchidae), to survive in ultra-low temperatures
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Gu, Shengli , Liu, Jianjun , Xiong, Lei , Dong, Jinxiu , Sun, Entao , Hu, Haoran , Yang, Mengli and Nie, Liuwang
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England: The Company of Biologists Ltd
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England: The Company of Biologists Ltd
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Ozobranchus jantseanus is the largest metazoan known to survive in liquid nitrogen without pretreatment to date; however, the mechanism underlying this tolerance remains unclear. In this study, the first analyses of histological and morphological changes in normal, frozen, and dehydrated states were performed. Adults survived after direct placement...
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Morphological mechanism allowing a parasitic leech, Ozobranchus jantseanus (Rhynchobdellida: Ozobranchidae), to survive in ultra-low temperatures
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_26f361abd7c9424484c83e02b21c3a14
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_26f361abd7c9424484c83e02b21c3a14
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2046-6390
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2046-6390
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10.1242/bio.058524
