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Science 6 April 1973:
Vol. 180. no. 4081, pp. 82 - 83
DOI: 10.1126/science.180.4081.82
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Genetic Control of Song Specificity in Crickets

Ronald R. Hoy 1 and Robert C. Paul 1

1 Department of Biology. State University of New York, Stony Brook 11790

The calling song of male field crickets is composed of stereotyped rhythmic pulse intervals, which are predictable expressions of genotype. Females identify conspecific males by their song. Two species of crickets were found to exhibit species-specific song preference, and hybrids between them preferred hybrid calls over either parental call. These results imply genetic control of song reception as well as transmission.


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