Solitary and Gregarious Locusts Differ in Circadian Rhythmicity of a Visual Output Neuron
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Solitary and gregarious locusts differ in circadian rhythmicity of a visual output neuron.
Locusts demonstrate remarkable phenotypic plasticity driven by changes in population density. This density dependent phase polyphenism is associated with many physiological, behavioral, and morphological changes, including observations that cryptic solitarious (solitary-reared) individuals start to fly at dusk, whereas gregarious (crowd-reared) individuals are day-active. We have recorded for 2...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Rhythms
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0748-7304,1552-4531
DOI: 10.1177/0748730412440860