TURN IT OFF AND ON AGAIN: CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTROL OF TORPOR [VERSION 2; PEER REVIEW: 2 APPROVED, 1 APPROVED WITH RESERVATIONS, 1 NOT APPROVED]

Turn it off and on again: characteristics and control of torpor [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]

Torpor is a hypothermic, hypoactive, hypometabolic state entered into by a wide range of animals in response to environmental challenge.This review summarises the current understanding of torpor.We start by describing the characteristics of the blues cube wide-ranging physiological adaptations associated with torpor.Next follows a discussion of the

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