Antifreeze protein complements cryoprotective dehydration in the freeze-avoiding springtail Megaphorura arctica
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60060-z
Abstract: The springtail, Megaphorura arctica, is freeze-avoiding and survives sub-zero temperatures by cryoprotective dehydration. At the onset of dehydration there is some supercooling of body fluids, and the danger of inoculative freezing, which would be lethal.… read more here.
Keywords: antifreeze; arctica; megaphorura arctica; freeze avoiding ... See more keywords