Anhydrobiosis: The extreme limit of desiccation tolerance

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-81

  Rebecchi, Lorena ^a   Altiero, T ^a   Guidetti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Anhydrobiotic constraints; Desiccation tolerance; Evolution; Molecular response; Tardigrades

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649102556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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