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Maternal inheritance of phase in the desert locust

Reference	S05955
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Alan McCaffery
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Stephen Simpson
Institution	University of Reading
Department	Animal and Microbial Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	35,189
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/1996
End date	01/10/1997
Duration	12 months

Abstract

We have shown that adult female desert locusts can influence the phase of their developing offspring by adding a chemical agent to the foam surrounding their eggs. Using sensitive behavioural assays (based on multivariate statistical procedures) in conjunction with physiological and analytical biochemical techniques, we aim: 1) To establish the chemical identity of this agent; 2) To locate its site of production in the female; 3) To identify stimuli produced by other locusts in a crowd which lead to its production and release; and 4) To discover whether the same agent causes crowding-induced gregarisation of locusts after hatching. (Joint with grant S05953).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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S05953 Maternal inheritance of phase in the desert locust

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