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    J Biol. 2009;8(4):39. Epub 2009 Apr 29.

    How do terrestrial Antarctic organisms survive in their harsh environment?

    Wharton DA, Marshall CJ.

    Department of Zoology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. david.wharton@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

    Anhydrobiosis, or extreme desiccation tolerance, is one of the strategies that allows terrestrial Antarctic organisms to survive in a harsh environment. A new study in BMC Genomics analyses gene expression in an Antarctic nematode during desiccation, and sheds new light on this phenomenon.

    PMID: 19439040 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: PMC2688913

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