The African turquoise killifish jolts to life following a phase called diapause.

非洲绿松石鳉鱼在经历了个称为滞育的阶段后突然苏醒过来。

Mosquitoes are the only animals on this list that enter diapause , a hibernation like period of shutting down for the cold winter months.

蚊子是这个名单进行滞育的动物，滞育就好像冬眠样，在冬季关闭自身活动以应对寒冬。

They investigated how the perturbation of specific genes might affect the embryos during diapause.

他们研究了特定基因的扰动如何影响滞育期间的胚胎。

To survive the cold, some insects enter a state called diapause, which is their version of hibernation, and will not become active again until warm weather returns.

为了在寒冷的状态中生存下来，些昆虫会进入滞育状态，滞育是冬眠的另说法，直到天气变得温暖，它们才会再次开始活动。

There, these adult insects enter a kind of hibernation called diapause, thanks to hormones triggered by the shorter days and cooler temperatures of autumn.

在那里，这些成年昆虫进入种称为滞育的冬眠状态，这要归功于由较短的白天和较冷的秋季温度触发的激素。

So the African killifish species has evolved to have its embryos enter diapause so that they survive the extreme dryness that follows these rainy periods.

因此，非洲鳉鱼物种已经进化到使其胚胎进入滞育状态，以便它们能够在雨季之后的极度干旱中存活下来。

Surprisingly, after hatching, both groups lived roughly the same length of time, which led the researchers to conclude that diapause had little-to-no deleterious effects.

令人惊讶的是，在孵化后，这两个群体的寿命大致相同，这使研究人员得出结论，滞育几乎没有有害影响。

New research into African killifish has shown that its period of diapause during embryo development has no negative effects on the lifespan of a fully developed adult.

对非洲鳉鱼的新研究表明，它在胚胎发育过程中的滞育期对发育完全的成年鳉鱼的寿命没有负面影响。

These babies are usually pretty well-equipped for survival: Eggs and larvae can enter diapause just like adults can, and some get extra help from their doomed parents.

这些婴儿通常都为生存做好了充分准备：卵和幼虫可以像成虫样进入滞育期，有些还从它们注定要失败的父母那里得到额外的帮助。

They found that knocking out a gene called CBX7 caused embryos to fail to maintain diapause, highlighting the importance of specific genes in maintaining this suspended state.

他们发现，敲除个名为 CBX7 的基因会导致胚胎无法维持滞育，这突显了特定基因在维持这种悬浮状态中的重要性。

For their experiment, scientists established two groups: one that hatched without entering diapause and one that hatched after experiencing 5-months diapause.

在他们的实验中，学家们建立了两组：组在没有进入滞育状态的情况下孵化，组在经历 5 个月的滞育后孵化。