Skin ice nucleators and glycerol in the freezing-tolerant frog Litoria ewingii

The brown tree frog ( Litoria ewingii ) is the only known Southern Hemisphere vertebrate that can survive full-body freezing. Freezing challenges living organisms in many ways, with ice formation in the body producing a suite of physical and metabolic stresses which can damage cells and tissues. The...

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