University of Minnesota: Research Brief - Male Crickets Losing Ability to Sing, Despite Reproductive Advantage of Singing
July 03, 2019
July 03, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 3 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Minnesota issued the following news release:
In the past several decades, a mutation has spread among male Pacific field crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus) in Hawaii that leads to wing structures that are unable to produce the crickets' signature chirping. While the mutation has kept crickets safe from a parasitic fly that uses cricket song to find its hosts, it also means the crickets are unable to sing to . . .
In the past several decades, a mutation has spread among male Pacific field crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus) in Hawaii that leads to wing structures that are unable to produce the crickets' signature chirping. While the mutation has kept crickets safe from a parasitic fly that uses cricket song to find its hosts, it also means the crickets are unable to sing to . . .