Synchrotron x-ray visualisation of ice formation in insects during lethal and non-lethal freezing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Sinclair, Brent J ^a   Gibbs, Allen G ^b   Lee, Wah Keat ^c   Rajamohan, Arun ^a,e   Roberts, Stephen P ^b,f   Socha, John J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

^e NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHYMOMYZA AMOENA; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLY; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; SUPERCOOLING POINT; SURVIVAL; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIPTERA; FREEZING; ICE; SYNCHROTRONS; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

CHYMOMYZA AMOENA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77949530888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008259     Document Type: Article

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