主要从滞育的发生、临界光周期、滞育强度、光周期反应类型、滞育虫态、滞育诱导因子的敏感性、滞育的解除条件和越冬虫态的抗寒性等方面论述了昆虫不同地理种群滞育特性的变异,及其在进化中的适应意义和交互杂交实验所证明的滞育特性的遗传模式。
This review mainly discusses the variation of diapause traits including the incidence of diapause, critical photoperiod, diapause intensity, the types of photoperiodic response, diapause stages, sensitivity to diapause inducing factors, conditions for freeing from diapause and cold - hardiness in insects which comes from different regions. The significance of adaptation in evolution and inheritance mode certified by reciprocal crosses are also analyzed.