A Rapid Cold-Hardening Process in Insects
- 4 December 1987
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 238 (4832), 1415-1417
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.238.4832.1415
Abstract
Traditionally studies of cold tolerance in insects have focused on seasonal adaptations related to overwintering that are observed after weeks or months of exposure to low temperature. In contrast, an extremely rapid cold-hardening response was observed in nonoverwintering stages that confers protection against injury due to cold shock at temperatures above the supercooling point. This response was observed in nondiapausing larvae and pharate adults of the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis, nondiapausing adults of the elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola, and the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus. The rapid hardening response is correlated with the accumulation of glycerol.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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