Genetic mutation kills the sex life of crickets!!
I feel sorry for the cricket!
Field crickets found in the Hawaiian island of Kauai have lost their ability to sound their mating call due to a genetic mutation that makes them able to avoid a predator! But who wants that kind of life anyway?
A rapid genetic evolution has literally left most of the crickets speechless as a result they are incapable of making their mating call, and thus unable to breed.
But these smart crickets found a way of continuing anyway by congregating near speakers that broadcast cricket calls. These speakers were set up as a laboratory study which found some very interesting results found in this article.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10121-flying-sex-pest-silences-the-crickets.html
Field crickets found in the Hawaiian island of Kauai have lost their ability to sound their mating call due to a genetic mutation that makes them able to avoid a predator! But who wants that kind of life anyway?
A rapid genetic evolution has literally left most of the crickets speechless as a result they are incapable of making their mating call, and thus unable to breed.
But these smart crickets found a way of continuing anyway by congregating near speakers that broadcast cricket calls. These speakers were set up as a laboratory study which found some very interesting results found in this article.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10121-flying-sex-pest-silences-the-crickets.html
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