Tactile stimuli perceived by the antennae cause the isolated females to produce gregarious offspring in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-82

  Maeno, Koutaro ^a   Tanaka, Seiji ^a   Harano, Ken ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crowding; Density dependent phase polyphenism; Maternal effect; Schistocerca gregaria; Tactile stimulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTAGONISM; ANTENNA; BODY SIZE; COLOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DESERT; EGG; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASSHOPPER; HATCHING; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CROWDING; CYTOLOGY; DESERT CLIMATE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; CROWDING; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 78650203471     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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