The last generation of the summer enters into a non-reproductive phase known as diapause and may live seven months or more. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Monarch] Reference
The answer, says Hazel, is a clever feat of adaptation called diapause that allows butterflies to live through months of freezing weather. From Wordnik.com. [DePauw University News] Reference
"diapause" - in which their metabolism lowers and simultaneously, their freezing points, as they drop into dormancy or bug hibernation. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
Some insects do this in the real world, it's called "diapause". starkraving on May 17, 2008. From Wordnik.com. [Marvel Announces Next Four Films - Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Avengers! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
Larvae sustain growth in cold water, but diapause when the temperatures rise. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
They spend the winter in diapause, waiting for the world to become more hospitable before they come to life again. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
The evolution of diapause in the killifish family rivulidae (Atherinomorpha, Cyprinodontiformes): A molecular, phylogenetic, and biogeographic perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the coastal forests of Eastern Africa] Reference
37°C range of rel. humidity: 2 to 50% optimal rel humidity: 25% eggs laid: 50 - 80 life cycle: 25 days at 37°C and 25% r.h. larval diapause up to 4 years. From Wordnik.com. [7. Important pests in storage] Reference
In places like Winnipeg, it seems that only a relative few species have perfected the diapause to such a degree that they can proliferate when the days start to grow long. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
If unfavourable environmental conditions, such as declines in temperature, oxygen or food availability, occur, the copepodite larvae of some freshwater species can enter a diapause stage until conditions improve. From Wordnik.com. [Crustacea] Reference
However, it is known that some species enter a reproductive diapause when reared at constant temperature in the laboratory (e. g., the collembolan Hypogastrura tullbergi), and that this diapause can only be terminated by exposure to cold. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation of arctic species] Reference
Voltinism induction aestival diapause Colorado potato beetle. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
D. melanogaster than in C. amoena regardless of diapause state. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Vitamin A photoperiodic thermoperiodic induction diapause Pieris brassicae. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
But getting back to mosquitoes, what they do is go into a state called diapause. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News]
When it gets colder, they lay diapause eggs that can survive through winter before hatching. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
This suspended state, called dauer diapause, is thought to be the infective state of parasitic nematodes. From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
Second, what is the metabolic basis for the worm's adaptation during the developmental shift to diapause?. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Females that go into diapause probably have 10 times the fat accumulation that a nondiapausing mosquito has. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News]
Apfeld J, Kenyon C (1998) Cell nonautonomy of C. elegans daf-2 function in the regulation of diapause and lifespan. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference
Tissenbaum HA, Liu Y, Ruvkun G (1997) daf-2, an insulin receptor-like gene that regulates longevity and diapause in. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Liu T, Zimmerman KK, Patterson GI (2004) Regulation of signaling genes by TGF-beta during entry into dauer diapause in. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
"When they enter diapause, their metabolism slows, and they produce chemicals that prevent their tissues from freezing," Hazel says. From Wordnik.com. [DePauw University News] Reference
DAF-12 plays a role in a long-lived quiescent stage called the dauer diapause, which the worms enter in times of starvation and overcrowding. From Wordnik.com. [Baylor College of Medicine News] Reference
Thus, C. elegans appears to employ a unique strategy to determine which type of diapause will most likely ensure survival upon exposure to different unfavorable environments. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Northern blotting and in situ hybridization indicate that the gene is specifically expressed in the cells of shell glands during the period of diapause cyst formation of oviparous. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue] Reference
The scientists, led by Forbes, studied genetic differences, diapause length and fruit odor preferences for apple-associated populations of D. alloeum wasps collected from numerous Midwestern sites. From Wordnik.com. [YubaNet.com] Reference
RNA interference induced defective diapause cysts with a totally compromised resistibility to UV irradiation, extremely large temperature differences, osmotic pressure, dryness, and organic solvent stresses. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue] Reference
Hazel and his students are trying to figure out if butterflies enter diapause based on the temperature in previous years -- in other words, whether butterflies have some sort of internal calendar, passed on through previous generations. From Wordnik.com. [DePauw University News] Reference
Tomcala A, Tollarova M, Overgaard J, Simek P, Kostal V (2006) Seasonal acquisition of chill tolerance and restructuring of membrane glycerophospholipids in an overwintering insect: triggering by low temperature, desiccation and diapause progression. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Thus, transcriptomic analysis of these two different conditions provides complementary information that should prove helpful in comparing dauer-induction and dauer-maintenance gene expression patterns in dauer larvae facing different durations of diapause. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
"They may go into diapause in September and not come out until April or May.". From Wordnik.com. [DePauw University News] Reference
Relative displacement was unrelated to body size, state (species and diapause status) or SCP (ANCOVA: p >. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The exact timing of diapause depends on habitat. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
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