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One hundred years of phase polymorphism research in locusts.

Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology - 1 May 2021

Pflüger Hans-Joachim, Bräunig Peter

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One hundred years ago in 1921, Sir Boris Uvarov recognized that two locust species are one species but appearing in two different phases, a solitarious and a gregarious phase. As locust swarms are still a big problem affecting millions of people, basic research has tried to understand the causes for the transition between phases. This phenomenon of phase polymorphism, now called polyphenism, is a very complex...

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PMID: 33871680
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-021-01485-3
PMCID: PMC8079285

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