The evolution of elaborate antennae in insects

昆虫复杂触角的进化

• 批准号: DP0987360
• 负责人: Prof Mark Elgar
• 金额: $ 11.04万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0987360
• 关键词: evolution; elaborate; antennae; insects

This project will address several neglected but fundamental issues in the field of chemical communication and insect diversity. These include the evolutionary importance of receptor structures in a communication system, and the basis of diversity in one of the most defining characteristics of insects: antennae. The moth species in the proposed experiments are commercial pests of crops and therefore understanding of the evolutionary processes shaping their communication systems and mating behaviour will contribute to better predictive knowledge of the effects of control measures used against them. The project will also involve international collaboration to learn and develop new a technique in the analysis of pheromone communication.

该项目将解决化学通信和昆虫多样性领域中几个被忽视但又根本性的问题。这些问题包括受体结构在通信系统中的进化重要性，以及昆虫最具决定性的特征之一--触角--多样性的基础。拟议实验中的飞蛾物种是农作物的商业害虫，因此，了解形成它们的通信系统和交配行为的进化过程将有助于更好地预测针对它们采取的控制措施的效果。该项目还将涉及国际合作，以学习和开发信息素通信分析的新技术。