The Cricket as a Model Organism

Hadley Wilson Horch, Taro Mito, Aleksandar Popadic, Hideyo Ohuchi, Sumihare Noji

Autor:	Hadley Wilson Horch, Taro Mito, Aleksandar Popadic, Hideyo Ohuchi, Sumihare Noji
EAN:	9784431564782
eBook Format:	PDF
Sprache:	Englisch
Produktart:	eBook
Veröffentlichungsdatum:	09.01.2017
Untertitel:	Development, Regeneration, and Behavior
Kategorie:	Technik / Wissen
Schlagworte:	Aggression CRISPR/Cas Cercal escape behavior Circadian clocks Entomophagy Evolution and development Genome editing Learning and memory Neuroethology Neuronal plasticity Pest control RNA interference Regeneration

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This book covers a broad range of topics about the cricket from its development, regeneration, physiology, nervous system, and behavior with remarkable recent updates by adapting the new, sophisticated molecular techniques including RNAi and other genome editing methods. It also provides detailed protocols on an array of topics and for basic experiments on the cricket.

While the cricket has been one of the best models for neuroethological studies over the past 60 years, it has now become the most important system for studying basal hemimetabolous insects. The studies of Gryllus and related species of cricket will yield insight into evolutionary features that are not evident in other insect model systems, which mainly focus on holometabolous insects such as Drosophila, Tribolium, and Bombyx. Research on crickets and grasshoppers will be important for the development of pest-control strategies, given that some of the most notorious pests also belong to the order Orthoptera. At the same time, crickets possess an enormously high 'food conversion efficiency', making them a potentially important food source for an ever-expanding human population.

This volume provides a comprehensive source of information as well as potential new applications in pest management and food production of the cricket. It will inspire scientists in various disciplines to use the cricket model system to investigate interesting and innovative questions.

Hadley Wilson Horch
Affiliation: Bowdoin College
Address: 6500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA

Taro Mito

Affiliation: Tokushima University
Address: 2-1 Minami-jyosanjima-cho, Tokushima City 770-8506, Japan

Aleksandar Popadic

Affiliation: Wayne State University
Address: Biological Sciences Department, Detroit, MI 48202, USA

Hideyo Ohuchi

Affiliation: Okayama University, Department of Cytology and Histology
Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Address: 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City 700-8558, Japan

Sumihare Noji

Affiliation: Tokushima University
Address: 2-14 Shinkura-cho, Tokushiam City 770-8501, Japan

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