Sentences with phrase «survive desiccation»

The team is now investigating whether other organisms such as plant seeds rely on these proteins to survive desiccation, too.

Genetic analysis of these tiny creatures, better known as water bears, is helping to unlock the mystery of how they can survive desiccation, and may also help to place them on the tree of life.

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Beyond this, we could take the DNA repair abilities from Polypedilum vanderplanki, a fly whose larvae can survive complete desiccation and extremes of heat and cold, and transplant them into human cells.

In response to stress such as extreme temperatures, nutrient starvation, or desiccation (extreme dryness), some Gram - positive bacteria can form tough spores and survive for thousands of years in the environment.

The ability to pick up used genes and spare parts from other organisms» DNA junkyards may allow tardigrades to survive extreme stress, such as desiccation, radiation and even a trip...

Multiple components distributed on the chromosomes and megaplasmid that contribute to the ability of D. radiodurans to survive under conditions of starvation, oxidative stress, and high amounts of DNA damage were identified.Deinococcus radiodurans represents an organism in which all systems for DNA repair, DNA damage export, desiccation and starvation recovery, and genetic redundancy are present in one cell.

Exploiting habitats that are often or mostly out of water required new symbiotic relationships to contain and move water, including the fusion of some fungi and algae to create lichen in communities with bacteria that survive extreme desiccation on land while breaking down rock into soil, and the association of mycorrhizae fungi and the root tissue of new vascular plants — culminating in trees that pump water high into the air — to exchange mineral nutrients (e.g., phosphorus) and usable «fixed» nitrogen from the atmosphere for photosynthetic products.