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Comparative physiology

a reversible state in which metabolism becomes undetectable, as in desiccated or frozen organisms that later revive.

In comparative physiology, cryptobiosis refers to a reversible state in which metabolism becomes undetectable, as in desiccated or frozen organisms that later revive. This meaning comes from Keilin (1959) in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B - Biological Sciences.[1]

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Keilin, D. (1959). The Leeuwenhoek Lecture - The problem of anabiosis or latent life: history and current concept. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B - Biological Sciences, 150(939), 149-191. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1959.0013

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