Hypogastrura nivicola
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hypogastrura-nivicola-162-6806105
title:
Hypogastrura nivicola
text:
Hypogastrura nivicola is a species of dark blue springtail. Its English name in the United States is snow flea, but there are also additional insects called by that name. They are often seen jumping about on the surface of snow on a warm winter's day in North America. Researchers at Queen's University (Canada) have sequenced and synthesised the anti-freeze-like protein that allows H. nivicola to operate in sub-zero environments, and found it to be glycine-rich. There are hopes that similar prote
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description:
Species of springtail
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypogastrura_nivicola
date created:
2006-10-14T15:58:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T17:27:03Z
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