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QTL analysis of the photoperiodic response and clinal distribution of period alleles in Nasonia vitripennis.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2016
Paolucci Silvia, Salis Lucia, Vermeulen Cornelis J, Beukeboom Leo W, van de Zande Louis
Abstract excerpt
In seasonal environments, organisms synchronize their life cycle with the annual cycle of environmental factors. In many insect species, this includes a diapause response: a timed dormant stage that allows to survive harsh winter conditions. Previously, we have shown that larval diapause in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis is induced by the mother upon exposure to a threshold number of short photoperiods...
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