When your host shuts down: larval diapause impacts host-microbiome interactions in Nasonia vitripennis
Abstract Background The life cycles of many insect species include an obligatory or facultative diapause stage with arrested development and low metabolic activity as an overwintering strategy. Diapause is characterised by profound physiological changes in endocrine activity, cell proliferation and...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Microbiome |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01037-6 |