Dopaminergic Modulation of Phase Reversal in Desert Locusts

Phenotypic plasticity allows animals to modify their behaviour, physiology and morphology to adapt to environmental change. The global pest, the desert locust, shows two extreme phenotypes; a solitarious phase that is relatively harmless and a gregarious phase that forms swarms and causes extensive...

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Main Authors: Ahmad M Alessi, Vincent eO'Connor, Hitoshi eAonuma, Philip eNewland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00371/full