In seasonal environments, many animals, including insects, enter dormancy, where they are
limited to a fixed energy budget. The inability to replenish energetic stores during these …

Phenotypic plasticity is produced and maintained by processes regulating the transcriptome.
While differential gene expression is among the most important of these processes …

Seasonal environmental fluctuations provide formidable challenges for living organisms,
especially small ectotherms such as butterflies. A common strategy to cope with harsh …

Organisms inhabiting highly seasonal environments must cope with a wide range of
environmentally induced challenges. Many seasonal challenges require extensive …

Environment-induced epigenetics are involved in diapause regulation, but the molecular
mechanism that epigenetically couples nutrient metabolism to diapause regulation remains …

Diapause is an essential part of many insect's life cycle and is a developmental halt induced
by environmental cues in advance of deteriorating conditions. Insects typically enter …