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American Zoologist 1974 14(3):1067-1080; doi:10.1093/icb/14.3.1067
© 1974 by The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
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Genetic Control of Acoustic Behavior in Crickets

RONALD R. HOY
Department of Neurobiology, and Behavior, Langmuir Laboratory, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14850

Evidence is presented that acoustic behavior in field crickets is under firm genetic control. The calling song of adult males is highly stereotyped and species specific. Hybrids can be made by crossing two species of Teleogryllus with dissimilar calling songs. The calling songs of the hybrids are uniquely different from that of either parental species, and in addition the songs of the two reciprocal hybrids are different from each other. Genetic control of song production is polygenic and multichromosomal; sex-linkage of some song determinants is also indicated. Female phonoresponse to calling song was measured on a Y-maze. Species specificity of phonoresponse was confirmed and in addition, hybrid females prefer hybrid song to either parental song. The possibility that calling song production in the male and its reception in the female are genetically coupled is discussed.


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