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Acute and chronic gregarisation are associated with distinct DNA methylation fingerprints in desert locusts.

Scientific reports - 18 Oct 2016

Mallon Eamonn B, Amarasinghe Harindra E, Ott Swidbert R

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Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) show a dramatic form of socially induced phenotypic plasticity known as phase polyphenism. In the absence of conspecifics, locusts occur in a shy and cryptic solitarious phase. Crowding with conspecifics drives a behavioural transformation towards gregariousness that occurs within hours and is followed by changes in physiology, colouration and morphology, resulting in the...

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PMID: 27752110
DOI: 10.1038/srep35608
PMCID: PMC5067648

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