tardigrade

基本解釋

The genome for a species of tardigrade was first sequenced last year.
科學(xué)家開始研究這種緩步類動物的不畏懼死亡超級強(qiáng)權(quán)背后的基因基礎(chǔ)。
And if the experiment works on a virus, they hope to move on to something that is indisputably alive: a tardigrade.
如果在病毒上的實(shí)驗(yàn)?zāi)軌虺晒?，研究者們希望進(jìn)一步對真正的活物進(jìn)行實(shí)驗(yàn)，比如熊蟲。
We had never heard of a Tardigrade, but supposedly it’s one of the most resilient microscopic swamp-dwelling invertebrates and the inspiration for this private residence.
我們從沒聽說過緩步類動物，但據(jù)說它是恢復(fù)力最強(qiáng)的棲息于沼澤的無脊椎微生物之一，而且是此私人住所的靈感來源。

And if the experiment works on a virus, they hope to move on to something that is indisputably alive: a tardigrade.
ECONOMIST: An old thought experiment may soon be realised
His group first looked to nature for inspiration, using studies of the biochemistry of organisms that survive without water: 500-year-old Chinese lotus seeds, the hardy resurrection plant of the Sonoran desert and the microscopic tardigrade creature.
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any minute aquatic segmented eight-legged invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, related to the arthropods, occurring in soil, ditches, etc (Popular name water bear)
of, relating to, or belonging to the Tardigrada