The maternal foam plug constitutes a reservoir for the desert locust's bacterial symbionts
O. Lavy, U. Gophna, A. Ayali, S. Gihaz, A. Fishman, E. Gefen
The paper identifies the maternal foam plug as a medium for vertical transmission of locust gut bacteria, revealing its role in symbiont inheritance and swarm formation.
bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2020Ecology