Animal behavior: social recognition in crickets

Michael D Breed; Helen F McCreery

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.072

Animal behavior: social recognition in crickets

Curr Biol. 2014 Dec 1;24(23):R1123-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.072. Epub 2014 Dec 1.

Authors

Michael D Breed¹, Helen F McCreery²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0334, USA. Electronic address: michael.breed@colorado.edu.
² Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0334, USA.

PMID: 25465330
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.072

Abstract

A recent study of social recognition in crickets shows that decorated cricket females use self-referenced recognition information in their choice of mates. This allows the polyandrous females to choose novel, diverse mates.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Gryllidae / physiology*
Male
Mating Preference, Animal / physiology*
Sex Attractants / physiology*

Substances

Sex Attractants