The Cricket as a Model Organism

Preface.- Part I Development and Regeneration.- 1 History of cricket biology.- 2 Early development and diversity of Gryllus appendages.- 3 Leg formation and regeneration.- 4 Eye development and photoreception of a hemimetabolous insect, Gryllus bimaculatus.- 5 An early embryonic diapause stage and developmental plasticity in the band-legged ground cricket Dianemobius nigrofasciatus.- Part II Physiology, Nervous System, and Behavior.- 6 Molecular approach to the circadian clock mechanism in the cricket.- 7 Hormonal circadian rhythm in the wing-polymorphic cricket Gryllus firmus: Integrating chronobiology, endocrinology and evolution.- 8 Plasticity in the cricket central nervous system.- 9 Learning and memory.- 10 Neurons and networks underlying singing behaviour.- 11 The cricket auditory pathway: neural processing of acoustic signals.- 12 Neuromodulators and the control of aggression in crickets.- 13 Fighting behavior-Understanding the mechanisms of group size-dependent aggression..- 14 Cercal system-mediated anti-predator behaviors.- 15 The biochemical basis of life history adaptation: Gryllus studies lead the way.- 16 Reproductive behavior and physiology in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus .- Part III Experimental Approaches.- 17 Protocols for olfactory conditioning experiments.- 18 Optical recording methods--How to measure of neural activities with Calcium imaging.- 19 Trackball systems for analyzing cricket phonotaxis.- 20 Synthetic approaches for observing and measuring cricket behaviors.- 21 Protocols in the cricket.- BM Index.

Hadley Wilson Horch Affiliation: Bowdoin College Address: 6500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA

Taro Mito

Affiliation: Tokushima University Address: 2-1 Minami-jyosanjima-cho, Tokushima City 770-8506, Japan

Aleksandar Popadic

Affiliation: Wayne State University Address: Biological Sciences Department, Detroit, MI 48202, USA

Hideyo Ohuchi

Affiliation: Okayama University, Department of Cytology and Histology Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Address: 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City 700-8558, Japan

Sumihare Noji

Affiliation: Tokushima University Address: 2-14 Shinkura-cho, Tokushiam City 770-8501, Japan

"Cricket experts contribute to 21 chapters in three parts: 'Development and Regeneration,' 'Physiology, Nervous System, and Behavior,' and 'Experimental Approaches.' They thoroughly report a rich and diverse legacy of scientific study on the cricket, introduce a current nucleus of scientists with active programs exploring fundamental and applied biology, and demonstrate the potential for using 'the cricket as a model organism.' ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals." (M. K. Harris, Choice, Vol. 54 (12), August, 2017)