Facts and fiction about long-term survival in tardigrades
(2001) In Journal of Zoology 255(1). p.121-123- Abstract
- Tardigrades have achieved a widespread reputation for an ability to survive more than a century in an inactive, ametabolic state called cryptobiosis, However, a closer look at the empirical evidence provides little support for the claim that tardigrades are capable of century-long survival. Instead, current evidence suggests that a decade may more realistically represent the upper limit of cryptobiotic survival in the most resistant tardigrades.
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- Jönsson, Ingemar LU and Bertolani, R
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- publishing date
- 2001
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- Journal of Zoology
- volume
- 255
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 121 - 123
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- scopus:0034818983
- ISSN
- 0952-8369
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0952836901001169
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Theoretical ecology (Closed 2011) (011006011)
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