Massagué inferred that those few survivors must lie in a state of dormancy.
The champions of resurrection ecology are bacteria, which spend much of their time in a state of dormancy.
For those already infected, new drugs can be expected to push H.I.V. into a deep state of dormancy, though not to eradicate the virus.
The bud, in effect, passes into a state of dormancy, even though the external conditions for growth are propitious.
Although harness racing nationwide has been in a state of dormancy, if not outright decline, for the last 10 years, the problem is magnified in the metropolitan area.
At the very least, ideas are commonly said to lie dormant, and the use of "sleep" as a general term referring to a state of dormancy is common.
However, dried eggs of Aedes mosquitoes enter a state of dormancy after development is complete and quickly hatch when placed in water.
The embryos of gymnosperms and angiosperms pass into a state of dormancy soon after the differentiation of the primary organs and the sporophyte is dispersed in a seed.
Treatment with NUP62 small-interfering RNA and cisplatin leaves resistant cells in a state of dormancy; some dormant cells can be induced to proliferate by transient induction of NUP62 expression from an ectopic expression construct.
Persister survival is attributed to a transient state of dormancy in which a cell's growth and metabolism are significantly reduced and many essential processes are thought to be inactive.
Generally, however, the adults gather in clusters and remain inactive until October, when rains initiate a period of activity, after which they travel to lower altitudes and hide in forest litter, passing the winter in a state of dormancy.
