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Captures the full scope of the literature, integrating ecological and molecular mechanisms that enable insects to enter a dormant state.
List of contents
1. Confronting the challenges of a seasonal environment; 2. What seasons are being avoided?; 3. Variation in the diapause response; 4. The cost of diapause and some diapause alternatives; 5. Interpreting seasonal cues to program diapause entry; 6. Preparing for diapause; 7. The diapause state; 8. Ending diapause and reinitiating development; 9. Molecular signaling pathways that regulate diapause; 10. Genetic control of diapause; 11. Evolution of diapause; 12. Wider implications; References; Index.
About the author
David L. Denlinger is one of the world's leading researchers on insect diapause. He is a Distinguished University Professor, and Professor Emeritus of Entomology, at the Ohio State University, USA. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. Professor Denlinger's current laboratory research focuses primarily on molecular mechanisms involved in insect overwintering. His interests range from the use of clock genes to perceive environmental signals through the endocrine and molecular events that result in expression of the diapause phenotype. He has received numerous awards for his research including the Gregor Mendel Medal from the Czech Academy of Sciences (2006), the Antarctic Service Medal (2006), and the ICIPE Achievement Award (2020).
Summary
Written by the world's primary authority on insect diapause, this book explains how environmental cues elicit diapause and probes the underlying molecular mechanisms that bring about the dormant state. Invaluable for professionals and students interested in diapause and the implications it has for advancing other areas of science.
