Comparative studies on storage cells in tardigrades during starvation and anhydrobiosis

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Reuner, Andy ^a   Hengherr, Steffen ^a   Brümmer, Franz ^a   Schill, Ralph O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptobiosis; Macrobiotus sapiens; Milnesium tardigradum; Paramacrobiotus tonollii; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; MACROBIOTUS; MILNESIUM TARDIGRADUM; NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 77449132001     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.2.259     Document Type: Article

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