Acquired preferences for a novel food odor do not become stronger or stable after multiple generations of odor feeding in Bicyclus anynana butterfly larvae

V Gowri, A Monteiro - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many herbivorous insects have specific host–plant preferences, and it is unclear how these
preferences evolved. Previously, we found that Bicyclus anynana larvae can learn to prefer …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature-mediated dynamics: unravelling the impact of temperature on cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, mating behaviour, and life history traits in three …

SBS Baleba, NJ Jiang, BS Hansson - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
In a world grappling with climate change, understanding the enduring impact of changes in
temperatures on insect adult traits is crucial. It is proposed that cold-and warm-adapted …

Preference for and resistance to a toxic sulfur volatile opens up a unique niche in Drosophila busckii

V Pal Mahadevan, D Galagovsky, M Knaden… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The ability to tolerate otherwise toxic compounds can open up unique niches in nature.
Among drosophilid flies few examples of such adaptations are known and then typically from …

Metabolic constraints on growth explain how developmental temperature scales synaptic connectivity relevant for behaviour.

P Züfle, LL Batista, SC Brandão, G D'Uva, D Christian… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Environmental temperature dictates the developmental pace of poikilothermic animals, but it
remains unclear whether this has consequences for brain wiring and function. In Drosophila …