Question

. How is diapause different from hibernation? Give details Explaination

Answer 1

Diapause is a period of suspended growth or development occuring in many insects and other invertebrates during which metabolic activities are greatly reduced. On the other hand, hibernation is a sleep like state in which a few animals, such as fishes and amphibians, pass the winter season as a way of surviving food scarcity and cold weather.

And diapause is an endogenously regulated dormant state that provides a means for insects to survive seasons of adverse environmental conditions and allows populations to synchronize periods of active development and reproduction with seasons of optimal resource availability.

Diapause is an alternative developmental pathway that blocks developmental growth by modifying the levels, or the timing, of developmental hormones in response to environmental cues.

Diapause is a period of suspended growth or development occuring in many insects and other invertebrates during which metabolic activities are greatly reduced. On the other hand, hibernation is a sleep like state in which a few animals, such as fishes and amphibians, pass the winter season as a way of surviving food scarcity and cold weather.