Hong-Zhi Zhang

Endocrine and molecular dynamics during diapause termination and post-diapause reproductive development in adult Dendroctonus rufipennis.

In temperate and boreal ecosystems, insect diapause is a critical adaptive strategy that synchronizes life history transitions with seasonal environmental conditions. Temperature, in particular, plays an important role in diapause maintenance and termination, yet its mechanistic effects remain less resolved. Dendrocton...