DORMANCY AND DEVELOPMENTAL ARREST
CONTENTS 1 EMBRYONIC DIAPAUSE IN MAMMALS A DEVELOPMENTAL STRATEGY MARILYN B RENFREE I INTRODUCTION PATTERNS OF DELAY OBLIGATE AND FACULTATIVE 1 II BRIEF SURVEY OF THE NATURE AND OCCURRENCE OF DIAPAUSE 7 III EMBRYONIC DIAPAUSE IN THREE WILD SPECIES 16 IV DIAPAUSE AS DEVELOPMENTAL STRATEGY 28 REFERENCES 41 2 INSECT DORMANCY ARTHUR M JUNGREIS I INTRODUCTION 47 II ONTOGENY OF INSECT DORMANCIES 48 III PHYSIOLOGY OF HIBERNAL DIAPAUSE IN LEPIDOPTERA 58 IV SUMMARY 101 REFERENCES 102 3 CONTROL MECHANISMS FOR PLANT EMBRYOGENY VIRGINIA WALBOT I INTRODUCTION 114 II DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANT EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT 118 III REGULATION OF EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT 148 IV CONCLUSIONS 161 REFERENCES 164 4 METABOLIC REGULATION OF DORMANCY IN SEEDS A CASE HISTORY OF THE WILD OAT AVENAFATUA GRAHAM M SIMPSON I INTRODUCTION 168 II DORMANCY AND THE WEED PROBLEM 174 CONTENTS III ROLE OF SEED STRUCTURE IN DORMANCY OF WILD OATS 176 IV ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN DORMANCY OF WILD OATS 184 V METABOLIC SYSTEM OF WILD OATS 201 VI SYSTEMS CONCEPT TO EXPLAIN CONTROL OF SEED DORMANCY 211 REFERENCES 217 ENVIRONMENTAL AND HORMONAL CONTROL OF DORMANCY IN TERMINAL BUDS OF PLANTS LARRY D NOODEN AND JAMES A WEBER I INTRODUCTION 222 II METABOLISM IN RELATION TO BUD DORMANCY 223 III ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS 225 IV HORMONAL CONTROLS 241 REFERENCES 261 SLEEP AND TORPOR HOMOLOGOUS ADAPTATIONS FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION H C HELLER G L FLOR ANT S F GLOTZBACH J M WALKER AND R J BERGER I INTRODUCTION 270 II REGULATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE IN DORMANT STATES 273 III ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF SLEEP AND HIBERNATION 289 IV CONCLUSIONS 292 REFERENCES 293 DORMANCY AND DEVELOPMENT IAN M SUSSEX TEXT 297 REFERENCES 301 VI 5 6 7 INDEX 303