Metabolic Arrest and the Control of Biological Time

Michael Guppy

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Publication Date: 04/14/1987

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Abbreviations
1. The Time Extension Factor
2. Animal Anaerobes
3. Diving Mammals and Birds
4. Ectothermic Hibernators
5. Endothermic Hibernators
6. Estivators
7. Frozen Insects
8. Frozen Frogs
9. Anhydrobiotes
10. Perspectives
Appendix A. Interactions between 02 and Metabolism
Appendix B. Normal and Reversed Pasteur Effects
References
Index

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