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- Gorilla diet protects heart: grains of paradise
- Just-in-time manufacturing conserves resources: snakes
- Gene transfers enhance photosynthesis: marine viruses
- Fish thrives in freshwater and seawater: Atlantic salmon
- Thylakoidal system transports folded proteins: plants
- Membranes self-repair: cells
- Muscles flex: humans
- Photosynthesis with low CO2: peatland plants
- Surviving extended confinement: lungfish
- Iridescent thin layer provides photoprotection: understory rainforest plants
- Saliva regulates digestion: Gila monster
- Dietary choices fight oxidative stress: migratory songbirds
- Diet diversity affects health: honeybees
- Fluorescent proteins facilitate healing: corals
- Neurotoxins immobilize prey: scorpion
- Spores survive high temperatures: bacteria
- Spores survive drought, toxins: bacteria
- Proteins function in saline environments: archea
- Digestive system optimizes performance: burmese python
- Biological processes continue at glacial temperatures: ice worm
- Compounds deter insect feeding: water smartweed
- Muscles self-repair: human
- Stomatal pores regulate gas exchange: plants
- Helical structure improves flow: humans
- Heart grows: Burmese python
- Tissues avoid damage from steroids: Arctic ground squirrel
- Skin incorporates chloroplasts: sea slug
- Skin self-repairs: humans
- Chaperonins correct misfolded proteins: human cells
- Parasitic worms dampen immune system response: humans
- Microcopic "skeletons" support cellular structure and movement: amoeba
- Proteins share iron: Crocosphaera watsonii cyanobacteria
- Transport proteins respond to nutrient concentration: Aspergillus nidulans fungus
- Defensive measures prevent toxicity of heavy metals: thale cress
