Wood-frog glucose cryoprotection

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Cryobiology subtree

Storey-Storey; Rana sylvatica freezes ~65% body water in winter; liver glycogen rapidly mobilised to glucose, reaching ~250 mM and acting as cryoprotectant.

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