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Nonanal, a new fall armyworm sex pheromone component, significantly increases the efficacy of pheromone lures by Saveer, Ahmed M., Hatano, Eduardo, Wada‐Katsumata, Ayako, Meagher, Robert L., Schal, Coby

“…Background The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), is a global pest that feeds on >350 plant species and severely limits production of…”
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Antennal grooming facilitates courtship performance in a group-living insect, the German cockroach Blattella germanica by Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Schal, Coby

“…The antennae of adult male German cockroaches detect a contact sex pheromone embedded in the female’s cuticular lipids. The female pheromone stimulates…”
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Hemimetabolous insects elucidate the origin of sexual development via alternative splicing by Wexler, Judith, Delaney, Emily Kay, Belles, Xavier, Schal, Coby, Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Amicucci, Matthew J, Kopp, Artyom

“…Insects are the only known animals in which sexual differentiation is controlled by sex-specific splicing. The transcription factor produces distinct male and…”
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Effects of novaluron ingestion and topical application on German cockroach (Blattella germanica) development and reproduction by Hamilton, Jamora, Wada‐Katsumata, Ayako, Ko, Alexander, Schal, Coby

“…BACKGROUND Insect growth regulators disrupt insect development and reproduction. Chitin synthesis inhibitors (CSIs) allow the insect to grow normally, but…”
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Enormous expansion of the chemosensory gene repertoire in the omnivorous German cockroach Blattella germanica by Robertson, Hugh M., Baits, Rachel L., Walden, Kimberly K.O., Wada‐Katsumata, Ayako, Schal, Coby

“…The acquisition of genome sequences from a wide range of insects and other arthropods has revealed a broad positive correlation between the complexity of their…”
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Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality by Harrison, Mark C., Jongepier, Evelien, Robertson, Hugh M., Arning, Nicolas, Bitard-Feildel, Tristan, Chao, Hsu, Childers, Christopher P., Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harshavardhan, Dugan, Shannon, Gowin, Johannes, Greiner, Carolin, Han, Yi, Hu, Haofu, Hughes, Daniel S. T., Huylmans, Ann-Kathrin, Kemena, Carsten, Kremer, Lukas P. M., Lee, Sandra L., Lopez-Ezquerra, Alberto, Mallet, Ludovic, Monroy-Kuhn, Jose M., Moser, Annabell, Murali, Shwetha C., Muzny, Donna M., Otani, Saria, Piulachs, Maria-Dolors, Poelchau, Monica, Qu, Jiaxin, Schaub, Florentine, Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Worley, Kim C., Xie, Qiaolin, Ylla, Guillem, Poulsen, Michael, Gibbs, Richard A., Schal, Coby, Richards, Stephen, Belles, Xavier, Korb, Judith, Bornberg-Bauer, Erich

“…Around 150 million years ago, eusocial termites evolved from within the cockroaches, 50 million years before eusocial Hymenoptera, such as bees and ants,…”
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Rapid evolution of an adaptive taste polymorphism disrupts courtship behavior by Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Hatano, Eduardo, McPherson, Samantha, Silverman, Jules, Schal, Coby

“…The evolution of adaptive behavior often requires changes in sensory systems. However, rapid adaptive changes in sensory traits can adversely affect other…”
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Changes in Taste Neurons Support the Emergence of an Adaptive Behavior in Cockroaches by Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Silverman, Jules, Schal, Coby

“…In response to the anthropogenic assault of toxic baits, populations of the German cockroach have rapidly evolved an adaptive behavioral aversion to glucose (a…”
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Gut bacteria mediate aggregation in the German cockroach by Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Zurek, Ludek, Nalyanya, Godfrey, Roelofs, Wendell L., Zhang, Aijun, Schal, and Coby

“…Aggregation of the German cockroach,Blattella germanica, is regulated by fecal aggregation agents (pheromones), including volatile carboxylic acids (VCAs). We…”
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Salivary Digestion Extends the Range of Sugar-Aversions in the German Cockroach by Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Schal, Coby

“…Saliva has diverse functions in feeding behavior of animals. However, the impact of salivary digestion of food on insect gustatory information processing is…”
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Nutritional condition affects tergal gland secretion and courtship success of male cockroaches by McPherson, Samantha, Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Hatano, Eduardo, Silverman, Jules, Schal, Coby

“…An integral part of the courtship sequence of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) involves the male raising his wings to expose tergal glands on his…”
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Insects groom their antennae to enhance olfactory acuity by Böröczky, Katalin, Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Batchelor, Dale, Zhukovskaya, Marianna, Schal, Coby

“…Grooming, a common behavior in animals, serves the important function of removing foreign materials from body surfaces. When antennal grooming was prevented in…”
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Comparison of Diet Preferences of Laboratory-Reared and Apartment-Collected German Cockroaches by McPherson, Samantha, Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Hatano, Eduardo, Silverman, Jules, Schal, Coby

“…The German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Blattodea: Ectobiidae), is a common pest of human-built structures worldwide. German cockroaches are generalist…”
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Olfactory Learning Supports an Adaptive Sugar-Aversion Gustatory Phenotype in the German Cockroach by Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Schal, Coby

“…An association of food sources with odors prominently guides foraging behavior in animals. To understand the interaction of olfactory memory and food…”
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Oviposition stimulants underlying different preferences between host races in the leaf-mining moth Acrocercops transecta (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) by Katte, Tomoko, Shimoda, Shota, Kobayashi, Takuya, Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Nishida, Ritsuo, Ohshima, Issei, Ono, Hajime

“…The importance of plant chemistry in the host specialization of phytophagous insects has been emphasized. However, only a few chemicals associated with host…”
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Social interactions influence dopamine and octopamine homeostasis in the brain of the ant Formica japonica by Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Yamaoka, Ryohei, Aonuma, Hitoshi

“…In ants, including Formica japonica, trophallaxis and grooming are typical social behaviors shared among nestmates. After depriving ants of either food or…”
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Sphingobacterium phlebotomi sp. nov., a new member of family Sphingobacteriaceae isolated from sand fly rearing substrate by Kakumanu, Madhavi L, Marayati, Bahjat Fadi, Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Wasserberg, Gideon, Schal, Coby, Apperson, Charles S, Ponnusamy, Loganathan

“…A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, non-spore-forming, aerobic bacterium, designated type strain SSI9 , was isolated from sand fly ( Scopoli; )…”
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Ant Nestmate and Non-Nestmate Discrimination by a Chemosensory Sensillum by Ozaki, Mamiko, Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Fujikawa, Kazuyo, Iwasaki, Masayuki, Yokohari, Fumio, Satoji, Yuji, Nisimura, Tomoyosi, Yamaoka, Ryohei

“…In animal societies, chemical communication plays an important role in conflict and cooperation. For ants, cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) blends produced by…”
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Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects by Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Robertson, Hugh M, Silverman, Jules, Schal, Coby

“…A key challenge in understanding the evolution of animal behaviors is to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie the evolution of adaptive…”
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Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Spontaneous Grooming in Drosophila melanogaster by Yanagawa, Aya, Huang, Wen, Yamamoto, Akihiko, Wada-Katsumata, Ayako, Schal, Coby, Mackay, Trudy F C

“…Spontaneous grooming behavior is a component of insect fitness. We quantified spontaneous grooming behavior in 201 sequenced lines of the Genetic Reference…”
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