Model organisms and systems in neuroethology: one hundred years of history and a look into the future.

Autor: Wagner H; Institute of Biology II, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany. wagner@bio2.rwth-aachen.de., Egelhaaf M; Department of Neurobiology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany., Carr C; Department of Biology, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology [J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol] 2024 Mar; Vol. 210 (2), pp. 227-242. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 16.
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-023-01685-z
Abstrakt: The Journal of Comparative Physiology lived up to its name in the last 100 years by including more than 1500 different taxa in almost 10,000 publications. Seventeen phyla of the animal kingdom were represented. The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is the taxon with most publications, followed by locust (Locusta migratoria), crayfishes (Cambarus spp.), and fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster). The representation of species in this journal in the past, thus, differs much from the 13 model systems as named by the National Institutes of Health (USA). We mention major accomplishments of research on species with specific adaptations, specialist animals, for example, the quantitative description of the processes underlying the axon potential in squid (Loligo forbesii) and the isolation of the first receptor channel in the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) and electric ray (Torpedo spp.). Future neuroethological work should make the recent genetic and technological developments available for specialist animals. There are many research questions left that may be answered with high yield in specialists and some questions that can only be answered in specialists. Moreover, the adaptations of animals that occupy specific ecological niches often lend themselves to biomimetic applications. We go into some depth in explaining our thoughts in the research of motion vision in insects, sound localization in barn owls, and electroreception in weakly electric fish.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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