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Science 30 January 2009:
Vol. 323. no. 5914, pp. 594 - 595
DOI: 10.1126/science.1169280
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ECOLOGY:
The Key to Pandora's Box

P. A. Stevenson

When desert locusts meet up, their nervous systems release serotonin, which causes them to become mutually attracted, a prerequisite for swarming.

Institute for Biology II, Faculty for Biosciences, Psychology and Pharmacology, Leipzig University, Talstrasse 33, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. E-mail: stevenson{at}rz.unileipzig.de

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