Sentences with phrase «in diapause»

He explains that «we are the first to show these similarities between gene activation in diapause and aging in vertebrates.

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In aging, this gene expression presumably occurs to compensate for the accumulation of protein damages; during diapause, the same genes may be activated to prepare the whole embryo to catch up with the interrupted development and be ready to hatch as the rainy season starts.

Ironically, he found his work circling back to diapause, the subject of his master's thesis, when in 2001, his lab showed that dwarf fruit flies with defective insulin - like receptors live longer.

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»).

Apfeld J, Kenyon C. Cell nonautonomy of elegans daf - 2 function in the regulation of diapause and life span.

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.

Approximately three weeks after eclosion, the second instar larvae begin diapause, usually in the litter at the base of the host plant.

In the springtime the grass is green, lupines are growing, and the hungry caterpillar awakes from diapause.

diapause period of suspended growth or development and reduced metabolism in the life cycle of many insects, when organism is more resistant to unfavorable environmental conditions than in other periods

Bowhead whales are assumed to feed on pelagic and epibenthic zooplankton in late summer and fall (Finley 2001; Lowry et al. 2004; Pomerleau et al. 2011b), and on pre-ascending diapausing calanoid copepods in late winter and early spring, based on data from Disko Bay, Greenland (Heide - Jørgensen et al. 2012; Laidre et al. 2007).

(Diapause is a period of inactivity and reduced metabolism similar to hibernation) In the Sierra Nevada, the checkerspot caterpillars diapause throughout the winter, snuggled safely under the soil and surfaceDiapause is a period of inactivity and reduced metabolism similar to hibernation) In the Sierra Nevada, the checkerspot caterpillars diapause throughout the winter, snuggled safely under the soil and surfacediapause throughout the winter, snuggled safely under the soil and surface debris.