X-Message-Number: 13741 Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 20:16:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: Unusual reponse of Artemia franciscana embryos to prolonged anoxia The Journal of Experimental Zoology 270: 332-334 1994 James S. Clegg Abstract: Encysted embryos of the crustacean Artemia franciscana are shown to survive at least 2 years of continous anoxia, a record unequaled by any other free-living animal. This result, in conjunction with previous findings, supports the possibility that these embryos are an exception to the generality that a constant flow of free energy is required for eukaryotic cell survival, under ordinary conditions of temperature and water content. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13741