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Photoperiodic determination of insect development and diapause

V. Diapause, crcadian rhythms, and phase response curves, according to the dual system theory

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The Dual System Theory of photoperiodic time measurement is shown to provide a satisfactory basis for the interpretation of: (1) photoperiodic determination of diapause; (2) effects of different photoperiodic regimes on circadian rhythms of adult eclosion; and (3) the phase response curve. A fundamental unity of photoperiodic time measurement in a wide variety of organisms is strongly suggested by the Dual System Theory.

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Research supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin, and by a research grant (GM 07557) from the National Institutes of Health

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Beck, S.D. Photoperiodic determination of insect development and diapause. J. Comp. Physiol. 107, 97–111 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00663921

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