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, ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...