... of Biologists Ltd 2013 genome degradation asexual reproduction cyclobutane-pyrimidine dimers genome repair UV damage bdelloid rotifer desiccation tolerance anhydrobiosis deleterious mutations Bdelloid rotifers comprise a clade of small, aquatic invertebrates renowned for their paradoxical...

...Matthew C. Banton; Alan Tunnacliffe SUMMARY Some nematodes can survive almost complete desiccation by entering an ametabolic state called anhydrobiosis requiring the accumulation of protective molecules such as trehalose and LEA proteins. However, it is not known how anhydrobiotic organisms sense...

...Rashmi Tripathi; Chiara Boschetti; Brian McGee; Alan Tunnacliffe SUMMARY The bdelloid rotifer Adineta ricciae is an asexual microinvertebrate that can survive desiccation by entering an ametabolic state known as anhydrobiosis. Two late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins, ArLEA1A and ArLEA1B...

...Chiara Boschetti; Natalia Pouchkina-Stantcheva; Pia Hoffmann; Alan Tunnacliffe SUMMARY Bdelloid rotifers are aquatic micro-invertebrates with the ability to survive extreme desiccation, or anhydrobiosis, at any life stage. To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms used by bdelloids during...

.... murrayi transcripts is an important step in understanding the genome-level response of this nematode to different environmental stressors. * Author for correspondence ( adhikaribn@hotmail.com ) 10 2 2010 © 2010. 2010 pretreatment desiccation anhydrobiosis freezing...

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... to survive extreme desiccation by entering into a state of suspended animation known as anhydrobiosis. We have assembled a collection of Panagrolaimus species and strains and have investigated their anhydrobiotic phenotypes. Our data show that within the genus Panagrolaimus there is a continuum of strains...

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...Masahiko Watanabe; Takahiro Kikawada; Takashi Okuda SUMMARY Larvae of an African chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki , which live in temporal rock pools, are completely dehydrated when the pools dry up and undergo anhydrobiosis until the next rain comes. During the dehydration process, larvae...

... organisms. † Author for correspondence (e-mail: oku@affrc.go.jp ) 17 6 2022 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 Polypedilum vanderplanki Chironomidae cryptobiosis anhydrobiosis trehalose Organisms have evolved various mechanisms for adaptation to adverse...

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...Christopher Womersley; Cherie Ching ABSTRACT Induction of anhydrobiosis in the nematode Rotylenchulus reniformis (Linford & Oliveira) was studied using direct exposure to elevated relative humidities and conditions resembling natural dehydration regimes. All larvae and preadults were unable...

...Jonathan C. Wright ABSTRACT Tardigrades entering a state of anhydrobiosis (cryptobiosis) show considerable interspecific variation in desiccation tolerance, lower lethal humidities for initial desiccation ranging from 78 to 53%. Species most tolerant of rapid initial drying also show the most rapid...

...J. S. Glasheen; Steven C. Hand ABSTRACT Upon entry into the state of anhydrobiosis, trehalose-based energy metabolism is arrested in Artemia embryos (cysts). We have compared changes in the levels of trehalose, glycogen, some glycolytic intermediates and adenylate nucleotides in hydrated embryos...