Recovery and reproduction of an Antarctic tardigrade retrieved from a moss sample frozen for over 30 years

Cryobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 78-81

  Tsujimoto, Megumu ^a   Imura, Satoshi ^a,b   Kanda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acutuncus antarcticus; Cryobiosis; Cryptobiosis; Freezing; Long term survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOBIOSIS; EGG; FREEZING; HATCHLING; MOSS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TARDIGRADA; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; BRYOPSIDA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BRYOPSIDA; FREEZING; REPRODUCTION; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84959527374     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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