Figure 6. p26 enhances the stress tolerance of Artemia cysts.

The diapause of Artemia cysts either containing (+p26) or lacking (−p26) p26 was terminated by desiccation and freezing. The cysts were then incubated in sea water at room temperature and hatched nauplii were counted and removed. The results are given as the percentage of cysts that hatched which was taken as the level of diapause termination and cyst viability. The experiment was done in triplicate with separate broods of cysts and the error bars represent standard error.