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The primary study documents near-complete cessation of gut blood flow during hypoxia and recovery with normoxia. DIRECT_TEXT

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As the diameter of a blood vessel is an indirect indicator of blood flow, we imaged a transgenic line labelling red blood cells, Tg(gata1:dsRED), and found a near-complete cessation of blood flow to the gut during hypoxic conditions, which recovers upon returning to normoxic conditions.