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Cellular resistance adaptation to temperature and thermostability of somatic cells with special reference to marine animals

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A survey of literature is given with respect to two problems: (1) resistance temperature adaptation in protozoans and multicellular animals at early stages of ontogenesis (cellular adaptations), and (2) changes in thermostability of somatic cells related to temperature adaptations of multicellular organisms. The following aspects are considered and discussed in detail: changes in resistance of protozoans to cold and heat, their causes and genetic controls; possible mechanisms of changes in thermostability of gametes, zygotes and multicellular organisms at oligolcellular stages of development; mechanisms of heat injury to cells; types of changes in heat-resistance of somatic cells from multi-cellular animals during individual life and during phylogenesis. The object of the review is to emphasize those aspects of temperature resistance adaptation of animals which have scarcely been investigated.

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Ushakov, B.P. Cellular resistance adaptation to temperature and thermostability of somatic cells with special reference to marine animals. Marine Biol. 1, 153–160 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347104

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