Publications by authors named "Andrea K Adden"
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- Tsetse flies are important for public health and economic issues in sub-Saharan Africa due to their role in spreading African trypanosomiasis, a deadly disease.
- Unlike most insects, tsetse flies give birth to one larva that must burrow into the soil for survival, making the choice of where to give birth critical.
- Contrary to previous lab studies suggesting a larval pheromone attracted female tsetse flies to lay larvae, new experiments show that environmental substrate cues are the main factor in their choice, with no evidence supporting the role of pheromones.
Comparison of Navigation-Related Brain Regions in Migratory versus Non-Migratory Noctuid Moths.
Front Behav Neurosci
September 2017
Brain structure and function are tightly correlated across all animals. While these relations are ultimately manifestations of differently wired neurons, many changes in neural circuit architecture lead to larger-scale alterations visible already at the level of brain regions. Locating such differences has served as a beacon for identifying brain areas that are strongly associated with the ecological needs of a species-thus guiding the way towards more detailed investigations of how brains underlie species-specific behaviors.
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