Title | Acoustic Pattern Recognition and Courtship Songs: Insights from Insects. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Baker, CA, Clemens, J, Murthy, M |
Journal | Annu Rev Neurosci |
Volume | 42 |
Pagination | 129-147 |
Date Published | 2019 07 08 |
ISSN | 1545-4126 |
Keywords | Animal Structures, Animals, Courtship, Drosophila, Female, Forecasting, Grasshoppers, Gryllidae, Insecta, Male, Mating Preference, Animal, Pattern Recognition, Physiological, Sense Organs, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Species Specificity, Temperature, Time Factors, Vocalization, Animal |
Abstract | <p>Across the animal kingdom, social interactions rely on sound production and perception. From simple cricket chirps to more elaborate bird songs, animals go to great lengths to communicate information critical for reproduction and survival via acoustic signals. Insects produce a wide array of songs to attract a mate, and the intended receivers must differentiate these calls from competing sounds, analyze the quality of the sender from spectrotemporal signal properties, and then determine how to react. Insects use numerically simple nervous systems to analyze and respond to courtship songs, making them ideal model systems for uncovering the neural mechanisms underlying acoustic pattern recognition. We highlight here how the combination of behavioral studies and neural recordings in three groups of insects-crickets, grasshoppers, and fruit flies-reveals common strategies for extracting ethologically relevant information from acoustic patterns and how these findings might translate to other systems.</p> |
DOI | 10.1146/annurev-neuro-080317-061839 |
Alternate Journal | Annu Rev Neurosci |
PubMed ID | 30786225 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC6885008 |
Grant List | DP2 NS092378 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States R01 NS104899 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States R35 NS111580 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States / HHMI / Howard Hughes Medical Institute / United States |