Science · 1973 · 137 citations · 10 references
Life SciencesEntomologyZoologyInsect EcologyInsect PhysiologyParasitologyDevelopmental Temperature EffectsDevelopmental ThermoregulationDiapause BehaviorDiapause PhysiologyInsect EndocrinologySeasonal ReproductionEgg StagePhotoperiodic Control Of PupationTemperature Effects On DiapauseTemperature Effects On OvipositionTemperature Effects On Pupal DevelopmentTemperature-dependent PupationThermal BiologyThermal Regulation Of Diapause
Females of the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis raised from the egg stage in the total absence of light but subjected to daily temperature cycles (13 degrees to 23 degrees C), are able to distinguish a "short-day" thermoperiod ( 13 hours at 23 degrees C per day) from a "long-day" thermoperiod ( 13 hours at 23 degrees C per day) and produce diapausing or developing progeny accordingly.
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