The Insulin-Like Proteins dILPs-2/5 Determine Diapause Inducibility in Drosophila.

Diapause is an actively induced dormancy that has evolved in Metazoa to resist environmental stresses. In temperate regions, many diapausing insects overwinter at low temperatures by blocking embryonic, larval or adult development. Despite its Afro-tropical origin, Drosophila melanogaster migrated t...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Luca Schiesari, Gabriele Andreatta, Charalambos P Kyriacou, Michael B O'Connor, Rodolfo Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0163680&type=printable