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The Cricket as a Model Organism

Development, Regeneration, and Behavior

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Editors:
  1. Hadley Wilson Horch

    1. Departments of Biology and Neuroscience, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, USA

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  2. Taro Mito

    1. Graduate school of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

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  3. Aleksandar Popadić

    1. Biological Sciences Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

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  4. Hideyo Ohuchi

    1. Department of Cytology and Histology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

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  5. Sumihare Noji

    1. Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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  • Consolidates up-to-date and wide-ranging studies of the cricket

  • Provides detailed protocols that allow scientists to easily begin cricket work in their labs

  • Gives readers a deep understanding of the biology of crickets/Orthopterans for further applications in food production and pest management

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Development and Regeneration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. History of Cricket Biology

      • Gerald S. Pollack, Sumihare Noji
      Pages 3-16

    3. Early Development and Diversity of Gryllus Appendages

      • Jin Liu, Aleksandar Popadić
      Pages 17-30

    4. Leg Formation and Regeneration

      • Tetsuya Bando, Yoshimasa Hamada, Sumihare Noji
      Pages 31-48

    5. Eye Development and Photoreception of a Hemimetabolous Insect, Gryllus bimaculatus

      • Hideyo Ohuchi, Tetsuya Bando, Taro Mito, Sumihare Noji
      Pages 49-62

    6. An Early Embryonic Diapause Stage and Developmental Plasticity in the Band-Legged Ground Cricket Dianemobius nigrofasciatus

      • Sakiko Shiga, Hideharu Numata
      Pages 63-74

  3. Physiology, Nervous System, and Behavior

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Molecular Approach to the Circadian Clock Mechanism in the Cricket

      • Kenji Tomioka, Outa Uryu, Yuichi Kamae, Yoshiyuki Moriyama, ASM Saifullah, Taishi Yoshii
      Pages 77-89

    3. Hormonal Circadian Rhythm in the Wing-Polymorphic Cricket Gryllus firmus: Integrating Chronobiology, Endocrinology, and Evolution

      • Anthony J. Zera, Neetha Nanoth Vellichirammal, Jennifer A. Brisson
      Pages 91-103

    4. Plasticity in the Cricket Central Nervous System

      • Hadley Wilson Horch, Alexandra Pfister, Olaf Ellers, Amy S. Johnson
      Pages 105-128

    5. Learning and Memory

      • Makoto Mizunami, Yukihisa Matsumoto
      Pages 129-140

    6. Neurons and Networks Underlying Singing Behaviour

      • Stefan Schöneich, Berthold Hedwig
      Pages 141-153

    7. The Cricket Auditory Pathway: Neural Processing of Acoustic Signals

      • Gerald S. Pollack, Berthold Hedwig
      Pages 155-167

    8. Neuromodulators and the Control of Aggression in Crickets

      • Paul A. Stevenson, Jan Rillich
      Pages 169-195

    9. Fighting Behavior: Understanding the Mechanisms of Group-Size-Dependent Aggression

      • Hitoshi Aonuma
      Pages 197-209

    10. Cercal System-Mediated Antipredator Behaviors

      • Yoshichika Baba, Hiroto Ogawa
      Pages 211-228

    11. The Biochemical Basis of Life History Adaptation: Gryllus Studies Lead the Way

      • Anthony J. Zera
      Pages 229-243

    12. Reproductive Behavior and Physiology in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

      • Masaki Sakai, Mikihiko Kumashiro, Yukihisa Matsumoto, Masakatsu Ureshi, Takahiro Otsubo
      Pages 245-269

  4. Experimental Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271
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About this book

This book covers a broad range of topics about the cricket from its development, regeneration, physiology, nervous system, and behavior with remarkable recent updates by adapting the new, sophisticated molecular techniques including RNAi and other genome editing methods. It also provides detailed protocols on an array of topics and for basic experiments on the cricket.
While the cricket has been one of the best models for neuroethological studies over the past 60 years, it has now become the most important system for studying basal hemimetabolous insects. The studies of Gryllus and related species of cricket will yield insight into evolutionary features that are not evident in other insect model systems, which mainly focus on holometabolous insects such as Drosophila, Tribolium, and Bombyx. Research on crickets and grasshoppers will be important for the development of pest-control strategies, given that some of the most notorious pests also belong to the order Orthoptera. At the same time, crickets possess an enormously high “food conversion efficiency”, making them a potentially important food source for an ever-expanding human population.
This volume provides a comprehensive source of information as well as potential new applications in pest management and food production of the cricket. It will inspire scientists in various disciplines to use the cricket model system to investigate interesting and innovative questions.

Reviews

“Cricket experts contribute to 21 chapters in three parts: ‘Development and Regeneration,’ ‘Physiology, Nervous System, and Behavior,’ and ‘Experimental Approaches.’ They thoroughly report a rich and diverse legacy of scientific study on the cricket, introduce a current nucleus of scientists with active programs exploring fundamental and applied biology, and demonstrate the potential for using ‘the cricket as a model organism.’ … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals.” (M. K. Harris, Choice, Vol. 54 (12), August, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departments of Biology and Neuroscience, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, USA

    Hadley Wilson Horch

  • Graduate school of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

    Taro Mito

  • Biological Sciences Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

    Aleksandar Popadić

  • Department of Cytology and Histology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

    Hideyo Ohuchi

  • Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

    Sumihare Noji

About the editors

Hadley Wilson Horch
Affiliation: Bowdoin College
Address: 6500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA

 

Taro Mito

Affiliation: Tokushima University
Address: 2-1 Minami-jyosanjima-cho, Tokushima City 770-8506, Japan

 

Aleksandar Popadić

Affiliation: Wayne State University
Address: Biological Sciences Department, Detroit, MI 48202, USA

 

Hideyo Ohuchi

Affiliation: Okayama University, Department of Cytology and Histology
Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Address: 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City 700-8558, Japan

 

Sumihare Noji

Affiliation: Tokushima University
Address: 2-14 Shinkura-cho, Tokushiam City 770-8501, Japan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Cricket as a Model Organism

  • Book Subtitle: Development, Regeneration, and Behavior

  • Editors: Hadley Wilson Horch, Taro Mito, Aleksandar Popadić, Hideyo Ohuchi, Sumihare Noji

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56478-2

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56476-8Published: 18 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56798-1Published: 13 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56478-2Published: 09 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 376

  • Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Animal Models, Behavioral Sciences, Developmental Biology, Food Science

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