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Silk moth's diapause reverts back to ancestors' through gene editing!?


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IMAGE: Differences in the environmental signals utilized as cues to determine alternative diapause between domesticated silkworm and Bombyx mandarina.
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Credit: Copyright © 2021, Kunihiro Shiomi, Shinshu University
Diapause is a phenomenon in which animals and insects foresee changes in the environment and actively reduce metabolism, or halt regular differentiation and development. It is an adaptation strategy for adverse environments such as surviving winters, but also to encourage uniform growth of the generational group. By knocking out genes that allow the silkworm to detect temperature, researchers at Shinshu University et al. found that the silk moth diapause changes from temperature to photoperiod, or day length. This is not only valuable as an elucidation of the molecular mechanism in the environmental response mechanism of organisms such as insects, but also a very important finding in exploring the process of domestication of s ....

Yoko Takasu , Misato Shimoda , Kunihiro Shiomi , Shigeru Saito , Yoshiomi Kato , Masakazu Kobayashi , Makoto Tominaga , Akira Mizoguchi , Hideki Sezutsu , Takeshi Yokoyama , Misato Shimoda Gunma Sericultural Technology Center , Technology For Scientific Research , Food Research Organization , Shigeru Saito National Institute For Physiological Sciences , Department Of Applied Biological Sciences , Biofunction Utilization Research Division , Tokyo University Of Agriculture , Technology Of Shinshu University , Ministry Of Education , Makoto Tominaga National Institute For Physiological Sciences , Yoshiomi Kato International Christian University , Shinshu University , Hideki Setsutsu National Agriculture , Utilization Research Division , Akira Mizoguchi Aichi Gakuin University , Yoko Takasu National Agriculture ,

Silkworm's brain determines diapause by thermal information


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IMAGE: Thionin staining of embryos 8 days after oviposition in DW-injected silkworms and 60 days after oviposition in DH-injected and PTX-injected silkworms in wt of N4 strain. (Scale bar: 200μm).
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Credit: Copyright 2020, PNAS, Licensed under CC BY 4.0
Diapause is a seasonal adaptation strategy of insects and animals where biological functions are put on hold, such as insect eggs that remain dormant until conditions are more favorable to hatch. This is not a passive response of dormancy to adverse situations but an actively induced state that takes place well in advance in anticipation of natural conditions. Although it has been hypothesized that the neuroendocrine systems are associated with seasonal reproductive plasticity, the morphological, physiological, behavioral, reproductive responses of diapause remain unclear. ....

Yoko Takasu , Kunihiro Shiomi , Aino Kaneshima , Masakazu Kobayashi , Akira Mizoguchi , Yoshima Tsuchida , Yoshiaki Tanaka , Hideki Sezutsu , Maki Yamazaki , Corazonin Crz , Food Research Organization , National Agriculture , Aichi Gakuin University , Shinshu University , Naito Memorial Science Foundation , Dainippon Silk Foundation , Professor Shiomi , Textile Science , Aichi Gakuin , Empress Teimei Memorial Grant , Naito Memorial Science , யோகோ தகாசு , யோஷியாகி தனகா , மாகி யமாஜாக்கி , உணவு ஆராய்ச்சி ஆர்கநைஸேஶந் , ஆட்சி காக்கூன் பல்கலைக்கழகம் ,