Effect of torpor on host transcriptomic responses to a fungal pathogen in hibernating bats
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14827
Abstract: Hibernation, the use of prolonged torpor to depress metabolism, is employed by mammals to conserve resources during extended periods of extreme temperatures and/or resource limitation. Mammalian hibernators arouse to euthermy periodically during torpor for reasons… read more here.
Keywords: host responses; fungal pathogen; pathogen; responses fungal ... See more keywords