Old Genes, New Tricks: The Science of Suspended Animation in Killifish scitechdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scitechdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The African turquoise killifish lives in ephemeral ponds in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. To survive the annual dry season, the fish s embryos enter a state of extreme suspended animation or "diapause" for approximately 8 months.