Rapid evolution of an adaptive taste polymorphism disrupts courtship behavior

Ayako Wada-Katsumata; Eduardo Hatano; Samantha McPherson; Jules Silverman; Coby Schal

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03415-8

Communications Biology (May 2022)

Rapid evolution of an adaptive taste polymorphism disrupts courtship behavior

Ayako Wada-Katsumata,
Eduardo Hatano,
Samantha McPherson,
Jules Silverman,
Coby Schal

Affiliations

Ayako Wada-Katsumata: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University
Eduardo Hatano: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University
Samantha McPherson: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University
Jules Silverman: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University
Coby Schal: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03415-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A study of German cockroaches with glucose-aversion reveals how this adaptation to avoid glucose-containing insecticides causes females to reject courting males, because their salivary enzymes degrade sugars in the male’s nuptial gift into glucose.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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