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Exploring the winter survival strategies of wildlife

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January 9, 2022

Freeze Tolerance

By riedererjt

Freeze tolerance is a winter survival strategy that avoids injury to cells by limiting the formation of ice to the spaces between cells and not inside of cells.

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