Talk:Diapause

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"Analgous to diapause in animals a similar phenomenon occurs in the seeds or other resting stages of various plants. In the eggs of various vertebrates there is a phenomenon sometimes known as "embryonic diapause"...

The above statement is not true and cannot be supported. embryonic diapause occurs only in mammals, not plants or arthropods. I'm taking it out.

bpage (talk) 01:53, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Terminology
Dia-: Opposed in moment Pause: Any comparatively brief stop, delay, wait, etc. --The Cortex (talk) 06:07, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Mammals
The page Dormancy mentions diapause in roe deer:


 * "Diapause is common in insects, allowing them to suspend development between autumn and spring, and in mammals such as the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, the only ungulate with embryonal diapause), where a delay in attachment of the embryo to the uterine lining ensures that offspring are born in spring, when conditions are most favorable."

This seems like a fascinating example, and should be incorporated into this article after a suitable reference is found. --Spencer Bliven (talk) 01:19, 25 January 2012 (UTC)


 * This is an example of Embryonic diapause, and belongs in that article, rather than in this one. Dyanega (talk) 01:10, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Diapause versus quiescence/aestivation
The desert locust is not the right example to use in this article, since it does not have a diapause. What looks like one is actually simple quiescence or aestivation in response to the unavailability of food. Since their dormancy can be broken at any time by the right trigger, it cannot be called diapause. The latter is characterized by the fact that it can only be broken after a minimum time period or after the animal has experienced a specific stimulus, like freezing as mentioned in the article. Dogo (talk) 17:51, 21 August 2012 (UTC)