Animals evolved in environments with variable nutrient availability and one form of adaptation is the delay of reproduction in food shortage conditions. Belew et al. (2021. J. Cell Biol.https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202009197) report that in the nematode C. elegans, starvation-induced transcriptional quiescence in germ cells is achieved through a pathway that combines two well-known chromatin compaction mechanisms.

中文翻译：

---

孵化和饥饿：两种染色质压缩机制联手沉默生殖细胞基因组

动物在营养供应变化的环境中进化，一种适应形式是在食物短缺的情况下延迟繁殖。贝卢等人。(2021. J. Cell Biol.https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202009197) 报道，在线虫秀丽隐杆线虫中，生殖细胞中饥饿诱导的转录静止是通过结合两种众所周知的途径实现的。染色质压缩机制。