Plasticity in arthropod cryotypes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2585-2592

  Hawes, T C ^a   Bale, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Acclimatization; Arthropod; Cold tolerance; Cryoprotection; Cryotype; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; COLD; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; COLD; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 34548172223     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.002618     Document Type: Review

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