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.

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