Diapause, a stage-specific developmental arrest, is widely exploited by insects to bridge
unfavorable seasons. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the ecology …

Diapause is a protective mechanism that many organisms deploy to overcome
environmental adversities. Diapause extends lifespan and fertility to enhance the …

The animal foregut is the first tissue to encounter ingested food, bacteria, and viruses. We
characterized the adult Drosophila foregut using transcriptomics to better understand how it …

To survive adverse environments, many animals enter a dormant state such as hibernation,
dauer, or diapause. Various Drosophila species undergo adult reproductive diapause in …

Germline stem cells (GSCs) are the only cell population capable of passing genetic
information to offspring, making them attractive targets in reproductive biology and fertility …

Gamete development is a fundamental process that is highly conserved from early
eukaryotes to mammals. As germ cells develop, they must coordinate a dynamic series of …

Diapause represents a crucial adaptive strategy used by insects to cope with changing
environmental conditions. In North China, the Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis) enters a …

Fluctuating environments threaten fertility and viability. To better match the immediate, local
environment, many organisms adopt alternative phenotypic states, a phenomenon called …

Germ cells are essential to sexual reproduction. Across the animal kingdom, extracellular
signaling isoprenoids, such as retinoic acids (RAs) in vertebrates and juvenile hormones …

Environmental factors influence an organism's reproductive ability by regulating germline
development and physiology. While the reproductive adaptations in response to extrinsic …