Neuroethology of reproduction and acoustic communication in crickets

蟋蟀繁殖和声音交流的神经行为学

• 批准号: 7151-2011
• 负责人: Pollack, Gerald
• 金额: $ 2.91万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=506759
• 关键词: Neuroethology; reproduction; acoustic; communication; crickets

At a fundamental level, the ultimate function of all of life's processes is self replication. Like most animals, crickets do this through mating, a process that involves deciding on when to mate and with whom. In crickets and other insects, the decision on when to mate is closely related to flight behavior; mating is deferred until after dispersal or migration by flight. Recent work in my laboratory showed that flight itself can serve as a trigger to promote mating behavior and development of oocytes. One set of experiments proposed here seeks to understand the physiological mechanisms that link flight and reproduction.

从根本上说，所有生命过程的最终功能都是自我复制。像大多数动物一样，蟋蟀通过交配来做到这一点，这一过程涉及到决定何时交配以及与谁交配。在蟋蟀和其他昆虫中，何时交配的决定与飞行行为密切相关；交配被推迟到飞行分散或迁徙之后。我的实验室最近的研究表明，飞行本身可以作为触发因素来促进交配行为和卵母细胞的发育。这里提出的一组实验试图了解飞行和繁殖之间的生理机制。