Comparative studies on storage cells in tardigrades during starvation and anhydrobiosis

The impact of starvation and anhydrobiosis on the number and size of the storage cells in the tardigrade species Milnesium tardigradum, Paramacrobiotus tonollii and Macrobiotus sapiens was investigated to gain more insight on the energetic side of anhydrobiosis. Storage cells are free floating cells...

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Main Author: Andy REUNER, Steffen HENGHERR, Franz Brümmer, Ralph O. SCHILL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2010-04-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11464