To jump or not to jump: Comparing effects of phenotypic plasticity on the visual responses and escape behavior of locusts and grasshoppers
Soumi Mitra, Saina Namazifard, David Mario Bellini, Alexis Leigh Sarne, Bidisha Halder, Margaret R. Eisenbrandt, Aliya Macknojia, Jiayi Luo, Sammie Xie, Hojun Song, Chenghang Chuck Zong, Fabrizio Gabbiani, Richard Burkett Dewell
This study compares phenotypic plasticity effects on jump escape behavior and LGMD neuron properties in locusts and grasshoppers, finding behavioral differences but not physiological or transcriptomic ones.
Journal of Neurophysiology · Dec 9, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience