Same-sex sexual behavior in insects and arachnids: prevalence, causes, and consequences

I Scharf, OY Martin - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2013 - Springer
Same-sex sexual (SSS) behavior represents an evolutionary puzzle: whilst associated costs
seem obvious, positive contributions to fitness remain unclear. Various adaptive …

Increased male-male mounting behaviour in desert locusts during infection with an entomopathogenic fungus

LM Clancy, AL Cooper, GW Griffith, RD Santer - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Same-sex sexual behaviour occurs across diverse animal taxa, but adaptive explanations
can be difficult to determine. Here we investigate male-male mounting (MMM) behaviour in …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of the juvenile hormone mimic NC-184 on the development of the reproductive organs and mating behaviour of nymphs of the desert locust …

S Hiroyoshi, E Kokwaro, S Mettupalli… - European Journal of …, 2019 - biotaxa.org
The insect growth regulator NC-184, a juvenile hormone mimic, prevents moulting to the
adult stage in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål)(Orthoptera: Acrididae). Male …

[PDF][PDF] The National Collections of Natural History

T Initiative - 2012 - smnh.tau.ac.il
The National Collections of Natural History Tel Aviv University Annual Report 2012/2013 Page
1 Faculty of Life Sciences – Department of Zoology The Department of Molecular Biology and …