Locust flight muscle: Tibetan Plateau population vs. North China Plain population

ABSTRACT: Background: Responses to hypoxia have been investigated in many species; however, comparative study between conspecific geographical populations in different altitude regions is rare, especially for invertebrates . The migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, is widely distributed both on high-altitude Tibetan Plateau (TP) and on low-altitude North China Plain (NP). TP locusts have inhabited Tibetan Plateau since Quaternary glaciations events and thus probably have evolved superior capacity to deal with hypoxia. Results: Here we compared the hypoxic responses of TP and NP locusts from morphological, behavioral and physiological perspectives. We found that TP locusts were more tolerant of extreme hypoxia than NP locusts, with a lower proportion exhibiting stupor, a faster recovery time, and hi

ORGANISM(S): Locusta migratoria

SUBMITTER: Dejian Zhao 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-43327 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress