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6 - Preparing for Diapause

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2022

David L. Denlinger
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Ohio State University
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The fact that diapause is programmed well in advance of its onset enables the insect to take preparative steps supporting its upcoming period of developmental arrest. Such steps frequently include modifications in the rate of pre-diapause development (most commonly a prolongation but sometimes an acceleration in development), acquisition of additional energy reserves (usually in the form of lipids), local or distant migration to overwintering sites, selection of a suitable microenvironment for spending the months of diapause, enhancement of the refuge (additional waterproofing, etc.), formation of aggregations, adjusting color to blend with the diapause environment, and making structural modifications (e.g., short- vs. long-winged forms), and, as seen in aphids, switching reproductive modes from parthenogenesis to sexual reproduction. These sorts of pervasive changes that occur even before diapause begin to underscore the idea that diapause is most appropriately viewed as an alternative life cycle, impacting more than just the diapause state.

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Insect Diapause , pp. 121 - 150
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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