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TWiEVO 27: Coldevo

  • January 13, 2018
  • Tagged as: cold sensitivity, evolution, hibernation, ion channel, somatosensory neuron, Syrian hamster, thirteen-lined ground squirrel, TRPM8

Taking a cue from the recent frigid weather, Nels and Vincent explore how modifications of a neuronal cold-sensing channel regulate diminished cold sensitivity in hibernating mammals.

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