Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects
A key challenge in understanding the evolution of animal behaviors is to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie the evolution of adaptive traits and behaviors in polymorphic populations under local selection pressures. Despite recent advances in fish, mice, and insects, there are s...
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| description | A key challenge in understanding the evolution of animal behaviors is to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie the evolution of adaptive traits and behaviors in polymorphic populations under local selection pressures. Despite recent advances in fish, mice, and insects, there are still only a few compelling examples of major genes and cellular mechanisms associated with complex behavioral changes. Shifts in food or host preferences in insects, accompanied by changes in the peripheral chemosensory system, offer some of the best examples of adaptive behavioral evolution. A remarkable example is the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, a major indoor pest with a highly diverse omnivorous diet. Strong and persistent selection pressure with toxic-baits has induced rapid evolution of behavioral resistance in multiple cockroach populations. While typical cockroaches detect and accept the sugar glucose as a feeding-stimulant, behaviorally resistant cockroaches avoid eating glucose-containing toxic baits by sensing glucose as a deterrent. We review the peripheral gustatory neural mechanisms of glucose-aversion and discuss how the rapid emergence of taste polymorphisms can impede pest control efforts and affect foraging and mate-choice in adapted cockroach populations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8fb914274d44d03a8f5c40862e37dd72022-12-21T20:06:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience1662-51022018-08-011210.3389/fncel.2018.00281404548Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in InsectsAyako Wada-Katsumata0Hugh M. Robertson1Jules Silverman2Coby Schal3Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United StatesDepartment of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, United StatesDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United StatesDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United StatesA key challenge in understanding the evolution of animal behaviors is to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie the evolution of adaptive traits and behaviors in polymorphic populations under local selection pressures. Despite recent advances in fish, mice, and insects, there are still only a few compelling examples of major genes and cellular mechanisms associated with complex behavioral changes. Shifts in food or host preferences in insects, accompanied by changes in the peripheral chemosensory system, offer some of the best examples of adaptive behavioral evolution. A remarkable example is the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, a major indoor pest with a highly diverse omnivorous diet. Strong and persistent selection pressure with toxic-baits has induced rapid evolution of behavioral resistance in multiple cockroach populations. While typical cockroaches detect and accept the sugar glucose as a feeding-stimulant, behaviorally resistant cockroaches avoid eating glucose-containing toxic baits by sensing glucose as a deterrent. We review the peripheral gustatory neural mechanisms of glucose-aversion and discuss how the rapid emergence of taste polymorphisms can impede pest control efforts and affect foraging and mate-choice in adapted cockroach populations.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2018.00281/fullchemoreceptiongustationsensillanutrient sensingglucose-aversion |
| spellingShingle | Ayako Wada-Katsumata Hugh M. Robertson Jules Silverman Coby Schal Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience chemoreception gustation sensilla nutrient sensing glucose-aversion |
| title | Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects |
| title_full | Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects |
| title_fullStr | Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects |
| title_short | Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects |
| title_sort | changes in the peripheral chemosensory system drive adaptive shifts in food preferences in insects |
| topic | chemoreception gustation sensilla nutrient sensing glucose-aversion |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2018.00281/full |
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