Dormancy and Developmental Arrest

List of Contributors

Preface


1. Embryonic Diapause in Mammals—A Developmental Strategy

I. Introduction: Patterns of Delay—Obligate and Facultative

II. Brief Survey of the Nature and Occurrence of Diapause

III. Embryonic Diapause in Three Wild Species

IV. Diapause as Developmental Strategy

References


2. Insect Dormancy

I. Introduction

II. Ontogeny of Insect Dormancies

III. Physiology of Hibernal Diapause in Lepidoptera

IV. Summary

References


3. Control Mechanisms for Plant Embryogeny

I. Introduction

II. Descriptions of Plant Embryo Development

III. Regulation of Embryo Development

IV. Conclusions

References


4. Metabolic Regulation of Dormancy in Seeds—A Case History of the Wild Oat (Avenafatua)

I. Introduction

II. Dormancy and the Weed Problem

III. Role of Seed Structure in Dormancy of Wild Oats

IV. Role of the Environment in Dormancy of Wild Oats

V. Metabolic System of Wild Oats

VI. Systems Concept to Explain Control of Seed Dormancy

References


5. Environmental and Hormonal Control of Dormancy in Terminal Buds of Plants

I. Introduction

II. Metabolism in Relation to Bud Dormancy

III. Environmental Controls

IV. Hormonal Controls

References


6. Sleep and Torpor—Homologous Adaptations for Energy Conservation

I. Introduction

II. Regulation of Body Temperature in Dormant States

III. Electrophysiological Correlates of Sleep and Hibernation

IV. Conclusions

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7. Dormancy and Development

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Index