The Cricket as a Model Organism

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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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.

• Neuroethology
• Genome editing
• CRISPR/Cas
• RNA interference
• Evolution and development
• Regeneration
• Learning and memory
• Circadian clocks
• Neuronal plasticity
• Aggression
• Cercal escape behavior
• Entomophagy
• Pest control

“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)

• 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

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

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