cryptobiosis
Britishnoun
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Under extreme conditions, tardigrades may engage in cryptobiosis, a process in which they may become completely dehydrated and roll up into a little ball called a "tun."
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
But before this, the longest a nematode had been known to survive through cryptobiosis was about 25 years.
From NewsForKids.net ● Aug. 10, 2023
The roughly millimeter-long worms were able to resist extreme low temperatures by entering a dormant state called cryptobiosis, a process researchers at the institute have been trying to understand.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
During the analyses, the researchers also looked for genes that the common C. elegans is known to use when a particular form of that worm, called the dauer larva, goes into the dormancy of cryptobiosis.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are able to adapt to extreme environments because of a process called cryptobiosis.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 2, 2016
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