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Mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
Most insect species exhibit characteristic behavioral changes after mating. Typical post-mating behaviors in female insects include noticeable increases in food intake, elevated oviposition rates, lowered receptivity to courting males, and enhanced immune response. Although it has been reported that...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24659970 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2014.00095 |
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author | Tsukamoto, Yusuke Kataoka, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Hiromichi Nagata, Shinji |
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description | Most insect species exhibit characteristic behavioral changes after mating. Typical post-mating behaviors in female insects include noticeable increases in food intake, elevated oviposition rates, lowered receptivity to courting males, and enhanced immune response. Although it has been reported that mated females of several insect species including the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster increase the amount of food intake and change their dietary preferences, the limited number of comparative studies prevent the formulation of generalities regarding post-mating behaviors in other insects in particular amongst orthopteran species. Here, we investigated whether females of the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, alter their feeding behavior after mating. Although significant differences in the amount of food intake after mating were not observed, all experimental data indicated a clear trend among crickets toward the ingestion of larger quantities of food. Geometric framework analyses revealed that the mated female crickets preferred food with higher protein content compared to virgin female crickets. This implies that this species required different nutritional demands after mating. These findings further expand our understanding of the behavioral and biological changes that are triggered in female insects post-mating, and highlight the potential for this species in investigating the molecular-based nutritional dependent activities that are linked to post-mating behaviors. |
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spelling | pubmed-39521222014-03-21 Mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus Tsukamoto, Yusuke Kataoka, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Hiromichi Nagata, Shinji Front Physiol Physiology Most insect species exhibit characteristic behavioral changes after mating. Typical post-mating behaviors in female insects include noticeable increases in food intake, elevated oviposition rates, lowered receptivity to courting males, and enhanced immune response. Although it has been reported that mated females of several insect species including the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster increase the amount of food intake and change their dietary preferences, the limited number of comparative studies prevent the formulation of generalities regarding post-mating behaviors in other insects in particular amongst orthopteran species. Here, we investigated whether females of the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, alter their feeding behavior after mating. Although significant differences in the amount of food intake after mating were not observed, all experimental data indicated a clear trend among crickets toward the ingestion of larger quantities of food. Geometric framework analyses revealed that the mated female crickets preferred food with higher protein content compared to virgin female crickets. This implies that this species required different nutritional demands after mating. These findings further expand our understanding of the behavioral and biological changes that are triggered in female insects post-mating, and highlight the potential for this species in investigating the molecular-based nutritional dependent activities that are linked to post-mating behaviors. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3952122/ /pubmed/24659970 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2014.00095 Text en Copyright © 2014 Tsukamoto, Kataoka, Nagasawa and Nagata. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Physiology Tsukamoto, Yusuke Kataoka, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Hiromichi Nagata, Shinji Mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus |
title | Mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus |
title_full | Mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus |
title_fullStr | Mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus |
title_full_unstemmed | Mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus |
title_short | Mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus |
title_sort | mating changes the female dietary preference in the two-spotted cricket, gryllus bimaculatus |
topic | Physiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24659970 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2014.00095 |
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