Diapause, commonly referred to as the ‘pause button’ for embryo development, is a mechanism to temporarily pause embryo development during unfavourable conditions.

Through diapause, an insect’s metabolism slows down significantly, regardless of temperature, and does not return to normal until the insect experiences certain environmental cues that cause it ...

Rather, diapause seems to involve an intermittent dialogue, with the uterus rebuffing the embryo’s attempts to implant until the time is right. For all its quirks, though, ...

So, yes—according to this test, in theory, human pregnancies could enter a diapause-like state if properly induced. “This potential may be a vestige of the evolutionary process that we no ...

The African turquoise killifish lives in ephemeral ponds in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. To survive the annual dry season, the fish's embryos enter a state of extreme suspended animation or 'diapause ...

Colorado is home to thousands of species of moths, many of which are hatching out from a winter of hibernation, known as diapause. At night, porch lights, stadium lights and street lamps are regularly ...

The second, called diapause, is genetically programmed to kick in at a specific stage in biological development, regardless of what the weather’s doing. Quiescence and obligate diapause have different ...

In The Diapause, the author’s third book of fiction – well, tied for third with McCurdle’s Arm, a novel about late-19th century baseball, published concurrently ...

Diapause is a seasonal adaptation strategy of insects and animals in which biological functions are put on hold, such as insect eggs that remain dormant until conditions are more favorable to hatch.