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Tolerance to Gamma Radiation in the Marine Heterotardigrade, Echiniscoides sigismundi

Tardigrades belong to the most radiation tolerant animals on Earth, as documented by a number of studies using both low-LET and high-LET ionizing radiation. Previous studies have focused on semi-terrestrial species, which are also very tolerant to desiccation. The predominant view on the reason for...

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Autores principales: Jönsson, K. Ingemar, Hygum, Thomas L., Andersen, Kasper N., Clausen, Lykke K. B., Møbjerg, Nadja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5173286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27997621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168884