ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023
4-Vinylanisole promotes conspecific interaction and acquisition of gregarious behavior in the migratory locust.
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- A systematic review of locust phase polyphenism: from proximate mechanisms to ecology and management.PeerJ · 2026Pooled it
- A Comprehensive Molecular and Evolutionary Characterization of Chemosensory-Related Genes inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- The Integrative Imperatives of Locust Phase Polyphenism Research: A Bibliometric Analysis.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2026Review
- Locusts adopt IPScience advances · 2025Article
- Locusts employ neuronal sensory prioritization to reconcile two conflicting olfactory signals while aggregating.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- Behavioral and physiological insights into cross-stage interactions in the desert locust.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Chemical signals from conspecifics are essential in insect group formation and maintenance. Migratory locusts use the aggregation pheromone 4-vinylanisole (4VA), specifically released by gregarious locusts, to attract and recruit conspecific individuals, leading to the formation of large-scale swarms. However, how 4VA contributes to the transition from solitary phase to gregarious phase remains unclear. We investigated the occurrence of locust behavioral phase changes in the presence and absence of 4VA perception. The findings indicated that solitary locusts require crowding for 48 and 72 h to adopt partial and analogous gregarious behavior. However, exposure to increased concentrations of 4VA enabled solitary locusts to display behavioral changes within 24 h of crowding. Crowded solitary locusts with RNAi knockdown of
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