Article
Genotype and social environment influence female-female interactions in a non-social insect.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 1 Jul 2025
Drago Ana, Green Thomas M J, Bailey Nathan W
Abstract excerpt
Factors shaping social interactions between females are understudied in non-social insects. We tested whether female-female investigation, aggression and same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) are influenced by genotypic and environmental factors in the Hawaiian field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus. Males ordinarily sing to attract females, but some are silenced by an X-linked mutation (flatwing) that protects males...
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- Animals
- Female
- Genotype
- Male
- Gryllidae
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Social Environment
