EcologybioRxivPreprint
Integrated behavioural, morphological, and reproductive responses reveal a trade-off during diapause in Culex pipiens
Rhosheen Mthawanji, Amirah Binti Rashid, Jolanta Tanianis-Hughes…·Marcus S. C. Blagrove
This study shows that diapause in Culex pipiens involves a trade-off between somatic growth and reproductive investment, with strain-specific variation in diapause expression.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.12.731944