Circadian control of spermatophore formation in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus Walker |
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Authors: | W Loher |
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Affiliation: | Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The cricket Teleogryllus commodus has a circadian rhythm in spermatophore formation. A spermatophore is present 1–5 hr before the onset of stridulation under LL, DD and LD 12 : 12; it is retained during the whole stridulatory phase and disposed of within a variable time after termination of singing. Overwhelmingly one spermatophore is produced during a 24 hr-period. Severance of the abdominal nerve cord or removal of the accessory glands prevent spermatophore formation, but does not inhibit periodical stridulation; when a spermatophore is removed from a singing male, stridulation continues after a short time. Coagulation of the pars intercerebralis stops spermatophore production and singing; severance of the optic lobes rends both processes arhythmical. The rôle of the pars intercerebralis as an intermediary link between the timing-device and the effector organs is discussed. |
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