WAKING THE SLEEPING DRAGON: GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING REVEALS ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF THE HIBERNATING REPTILE POGONA VITTICEPS

Waking the sleeping dragon: gene expression profiling reveals adaptive strategies of the hibernating reptile Pogona vitticeps

Abstract Background Hibernation is a physiological state exploited by many animals exposed to prolonged adverse environmental conditions associated with winter.Large changes in metabolism and cellular function occur, with many stress response pathways modulated to tolerate physiological challenges that might otherwise be lethal.Many studies have so

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Medicinal plants for helminth parasite control: facts and fiction

The use of medicinal plants for the prevention and treatment of gastro-intestinal parasitism has its origin in ethnoveterinary medicine.Although until recently the majority of the evidence on the antiparasitic activity of medicinal plants was anecdotal and lacked scientific validity, there is currently an increasing number of controlled experimenta

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