Morphological mechanism allowing a parasitic leech, Ozobranchus jantseanus (Rhynchobdellida: Ozobranchidae), to survive in ultra-low temperatures
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DOI: 10.1242/bio.058524
Abstract: ABSTRACT Ozobranchus jantseanus is the largest metazoan known to survive in liquid nitrogen without pretreatment to date; however, the mechanism underlying this tolerance remains unclear. In this study, the first analyses of histological and morphological… read more here.
Keywords: ozobranchus jantseanus; leech; ultra low; low temperatures ... See more keywords