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Meaning of "diapause"
Diapause is a period of suspended development or growth in insects, fish, or crustaceans, typically linked to adverse environmental conditions such as winter or drought, used as a survival mechanism and recognized to be a verb in scientific context
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- A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)
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A diapause of up to three to four years has been recorded.
Part of the pupae diapause up to several years.
Most mustelid reproduction involves embryonic diapause.
Summer diapause and molt cycle.
Not all insects go into diapause in winter.
Diapause in insects is regulated at several levels.
Wyeomyia smithii diapause in the third larval instar.
Diapause increases with increasing latitude.
Lestes congener enters diapause just before blastokinesis.
Diapause is an almost systematic phenomenon for all bears.
This is an example of facultative embryonic diapause.
The ability to diapause is not present in this species.
This makes migration a suitable alternative for diapause.
Two types of mammalian embryonic diapause have been identified.
Photoperiod is the most important stimulus initiating diapause.
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Some insects undergo diapause as pupa.
Reorganization is followed by a prolonged reproductive diapause.
Adults enter a diapause until the next fruiting season.
Eggs can go into a quiet dormant phase or diapause.
Diapause has distinct phases.
This dormant condition is termed diapause.
Environmental regulators of diapause generally display a characteristic seasonal pattern.
This phenomenon is called embryonic diapause.
Embryonic diapause does not occur.
This form of hibernation is called diapause.
During reproductive diapause many changes happen in the colony.
This species does not appear to undergo a true diapause.
Delayed implantation or diapause describes arrest or retardation during embryogenesis.
They have a winter diapause.
The rate of diapause development in insects is often driven by temperature.
The queens seem to be the only ones capable of diapause.
The larvae undergo a mandatory diapause in the third stage.
Before migrating they mate and enter reproductive diapause.
The eggs overwinter in diapause and the larvae hatch in spring.
This hibernation is known as diapause.
The larval diapause can last for at least two years.
Ostrinia furnacalis is known to typically diapause over winter months.
They go into diapause in late autumn to revive the next spring.
The mammary glands do this through a process called diapause.
The significance of the embryonic diapause in this northern species is discussed.
Tetrapedia diversipes is a solitary bee and a good model to study diapause.
This distinguishes diapause from other forms of dormancy such as hibernation.
Food availability and quality may also help regulate diapause.
Research suggests that diapause can be broken regardless of the stage of development.
There is no ootheca diapause.
Diapause and wing morphism were associated only loosely in the dimorphic species.
It has been recorded to emerge after at least five years in diapause.
The insects sometimes emerge from diapause before cotton buds are available.
There are also changes that occur in workers during reproductive diapause.
The larvae are very unlikely to enter diapause as long as food source is available.
