Diapause-associated changes in the lipid and metabolite profiles of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus.

ABSTRACT: Diapause is an alternative life-history strategy that allows organisms to enter developmental arrest in anticipation of unfavorable conditions. Diapause is widespread among insects and plays a key role in enhancing overwinter survival as well as defining the seasonal and geographic distributions of populations. Next-generation sequencing has greatly advanced our understanding of the transcriptional basis for this crucial adaptation but less is known about the regulation of embryonic diapause physiology at the metabolite level. Here, we characterized the lipid and metabolite profiles of embryonic diapause in the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus We used an untargeted approach to capture the relative abundance of 250 lipids and 241 metabolites. We observed adjustments associated with in

SUBMITTER: Batz ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6307873 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature