Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Gordon Atkins
Abstract
The phonotactic response of female Acheta domesticus to the male's calling song is modulated by hormones. The presence of Juvenile Hormone III in the supraesophageal ganglion causes crickets to be more selective. This project evaluates the possibility of a second messenger system involving protein kinase C as the molecular mechanism of Juvenile Hormone III control. A solution of Juvenile Hormone III and a protein kinase C blocker was nanoinjected into the supraesophageal ganglion of nselective female crickets, causing them to remain unselective. This suggests that Juvenile Hormone III utilizes a protein kinase C-mediated second messenger system.
Recommended Citation
Kim, Sunny, "The Role of Protein Kinase C in the Supraesophageal Ganglion of Female Acheta Domesticus" (2012). Honors Theses. 28.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/28/
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors/28
Subject Area
Protein kinases., House cricket, Crickets--Behavior., House cricket--Physiology., Insect hormones., Juvenile hormones
Creative Commons License
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DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/28/