Steroid hormone ecdysone deficiency stimulates preparation for photoperiodic reproductive diapause.

Diapause, a programmed developmental arrest primarily induced by seasonal environmental changes, is very common in the animal kingdom, and found in vertebrates and invertebrates alike. Diapause provides an adaptive advantage to animals, as it increases the odds of surviving adverse conditions. In in...

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Main Authors: Shuang Guo, Zhong Tian, Qing-Wen Wu, Kirst King-Jones, Wen Liu, Fen Zhu, Xiao-Ping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-02-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009352