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Descriptor English: Diapause, Insect
Descriptor Spanish: Diapausa de Insecto
Descriptor diapausa de insectos
Scope note: Suspensión estacional del desarrollo del crecimiento de los insectos. Puede ser inducida por impulsos ambientales (p. ej., FOTOPERÍODO) o como parte facultativa del ciclo vital con el fin de conseguir un desarrollo adecuado en el tiempo de acuerdo a los cambios estacionales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Diapausa de Inseto
Descriptor French: Diapause des insectes
Entry term(s): Insect Diapause
Tree number(s): G07.345.500.550.500.250.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064666
Scope note: Seasonal suspension of insect growth development. It can be either induced by environmental cues (e.g., PHOTOPERIOD) or as a facultative part of the life cycle in order to time development with seasonal changes.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Adaptation, Physiological (1967-2013)
Metamorphosis, Biological (1965-2013)
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
DeCS ID: 55400
Unique ID: D064666
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Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2017/04/14
Diapause, Insect - Preferred
Concept UI M0582917
Scope note Seasonal suspension of insect growth development. It can be either induced by environmental cues (e.g., PHOTOPERIOD) or as a facultative part of the life cycle in order to time development with seasonal changes.
Preferred term Diapause, Insect
Entry term(s) Insect Diapause



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