Tatar's research, along with simultaneous independent work by Linda Partridge of University College London, U.K., and her colleagues, demonstrated that an insulin - like signaling pathway
controls diapause and aging in flies — similar to what had already been found in the roundworm Caenorhabiditis elegans (see «Growing Old Together»).
Matyash, V., Entchev, E., Mende, F., Wilsch - Bräuninger, M., Thiele, C., Schmidt, A., Knölker, H. - J., Ward, S., and Kurzchalia T. V. Sterol - derived hormone (s)
control entry into
diapause in Caenorabditis elegans by consecutive activation of DAF - 12 and DAF - 16.