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Science 27 July 1973:
Vol. 181. no. 4097, pp. 358 - 360
DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4097.358
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Thermoperiodic Control of Diapause in an Insect: Theory of Internal Coincidence

D. S. Saunders 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland

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° to 23°C), are able to distinguish a "short-day" thermoperiod (lang 13 hours at 23°C per day) from a "long-day" thermoperiod (lang 13 hours at 23°C per day) and produce diapausing or developing progeny accordingly.


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