Locust density shapes energy metabolism and oxidative stress resulting in divergence of flight traits.

ABSTRACT: Flight ability is essential for the enormous diversity and evolutionary success of insects. The migratory locusts exhibit flight capacity plasticity in gregarious and solitary individuals closely linked with different density experiences. However, the differential mechanisms underlying flight traits of locusts are largely unexplored. Here, we investigated the variation of flight capacity by using behavioral, physiological, and multiomics approaches. Behavioral assays showed that solitary locusts possess high initial flight speeds and short-term flight, whereas gregarious locusts can fly for a longer distance at a relatively lower speed. Metabolome-transcriptome analysis revealed that solitary locusts have more active flight muscle energy metabolism than gregarious locusts, whereas gregario

SUBMITTER: Du B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8740713 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature