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Experimental evidence for a suction-biting performance tradeoff in Mesoamerican cichlids. 中美洲慈鲷吸咬性能权衡的实验证据。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-09 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.252347
Khalil T Russell, Peter C Wainwright
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Seasonal variation in resting metabolic rate, thyroid hormones and cortisol in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 宽吻海豚(Tursiops truncatus)静息代谢率、甲状腺激素和皮质醇的季节性变化。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-04 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.251558
Angelo J Incitti, Cassondra L Williams, Dorian S Houser, Daniel E Crocker
{"title":"Seasonal variation in resting metabolic rate, thyroid hormones and cortisol in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).","authors":"Angelo J Incitti, Cassondra L Williams, Dorian S Houser, Daniel E Crocker","doi":"10.1242/jeb.251558","DOIUrl":"10.1242/jeb.251558","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seasonal changes in metabolic rate have been studied to varying degrees in terrestrial mammals, but relatively little is known about this phenomenon in odontocetes. Seasonal changes in thyroid hormone levels in bottlenose dolphins suggest potential seasonal effects on resting metabolic rate (RMR). To explore this potential, the RMR of nine adult and four adolescent bottlenose dolphins were measured monthly for 13 months using open-flow respirometry. Oxygen consumption was measured while dolphins were post-absorptive and during the morning to avoid diurnal hormone fluctuations. Blood samples were collected from six of the adult dolphins immediately following oxygen consumption measurements and assessed for levels of total and free T3 (fT3), reverse T3 (rT3), total and free T4 (tT4 and fT4, respectively), and cortisol. Resting metabolic rate varied seasonally in mature dolphins; RMRs were lower in the spring and higher in the summer and fall. Suppression of RMR in the spring was followed by a progressive increase in RMR through the summer and fall. The mean mass-specific RMR of adolescent dolphins (5.49 ml O2 min-1 kg-1) was higher than that of adult dolphins (4.38 O2 min-1 kg-1), and the RMR of adults did not vary between sexes. The RMR of adult dolphins was significantly related to serum concentrations of tT3 and fT3, whereas rT3, fT3 and tT3 were all significantly related to photoperiod. The entrainment of seasonal changes in dolphin RMR is probably driven by photoperiod, although the signaling mechanism mediated by melatonin is likely altered in this species because it lacks a defined pineal gland.</p>","PeriodicalId":15786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148630777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Exploring the role of barbule density in feather water repellency: insights from 3D modeling and a comparative analysis. 探索羽管密度对羽毛防水性的作用:来自3D建模和比较分析的见解。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.252368
Frank M S Muzio, Metehan Çam, Anna Tarakanova, Margaret A Rubega
{"title":"Exploring the role of barbule density in feather water repellency: insights from 3D modeling and a comparative analysis.","authors":"Frank M S Muzio, Metehan Çam, Anna Tarakanova, Margaret A Rubega","doi":"10.1242/jeb.252368","DOIUrl":"10.1242/jeb.252368","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bird feathers serve numerous essential functions, with water repellency being particularly critical, as many other feather functions depend on remaining dry. Despite its importance, significant gaps remain in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying feather water repellency. This property arises primarily from feather microstructure. Feather morphology varies widely among bird species. However, the functional consequences of this variation for feather wettability remain poorly understood. Advances in computer-aided 3D modeling enable us to investigate such structure-function relationships with unprecedented precision. In this study, we created 3D feather models from micro-computed tomography scans of a seaside sparrow feather and systematically altered its morphology, specifically barbule density, to observe how feathers interact with water droplets using computational fluid dynamics simulations. We quantified the spatio-temporal distribution of droplet behavior, measured spreading radii during interactions, and assessed final contact angles for feathers with varying barbule densities. We validated our simulation results with barbule-density estimates and static contact-angle measurements on contour feathers from four New World sparrow species, including the seaside sparrow, spanning a gradient in water exposure. Together, the computational and experimental results demonstrate that higher barbule density reduces water repellency. Collectively, these findings highlight how feather microstructure directly governs feather wettability.</p>","PeriodicalId":15786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148684806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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RNAseK is vital for epithelial function in Drosophila melanogaster. RNAseK对黑腹果蝇的上皮功能至关重要。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-03 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.252529
Chandan Maurya, Andrew D Gillen, Shannon Keenan, Julian A T Dow
{"title":"RNAseK is vital for epithelial function in Drosophila melanogaster.","authors":"Chandan Maurya, Andrew D Gillen, Shannon Keenan, Julian A T Dow","doi":"10.1242/jeb.252529","DOIUrl":"10.1242/jeb.252529","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The transporting epithelial tissues comprising the Drosophila melanogaster alimentary and renal systems are known to share a common set of enriched genes sometimes referred to as the 'epitheliome', reflecting their shared transport functions. Core amongst these genes are the vha genes, which encode subunits of the large vacuolar-type ATPase (V-ATPase) proton pump complex. However, many of the non-vha components of the epitheliome remain broadly uncharacterised. Here, we explored the role of RNAseK, a gene identified during unbiased epithelial screens in Drosophila whose function within insects is not yet known, though evidence from mammalian systems suggests a role in supporting proton pump activity. We demonstrate computationally that RNAseK is strongly conserved across evolutionary history, and that expression is regulated by the highly epithelium-specific dCLEAR motif. Seeking to understand why epithelial expression is so emphasised, we assayed the effects of RNAseK knockdown in different epithelia throughout the fly. Across hindgut, midgut and Malpighian tubules, we note profound defects in gross tissue morphology, transport activity and fly survival. Mechanistically, RNAseK co-localises apically with the V-ATPase subunit Vha55, and RNAseK knockdown phenotypes overlap with those caused by V-ATPase perturbation. These findings are consistent with a role for RNAseK in acidification-dependent epithelial transport and membrane homeostasis, although direct effects on V-ATPase biochemical activity or on other epithelial transport and junctional pathways remain to be tested.</p>","PeriodicalId":15786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13615687/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148562082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Hoverfly responses to looming stimuli depend on elevation and speed. 食蚜蝇对若隐若现的刺激的反应取决于高度和速度。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-16 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.252884
Aika H Young, Jaxon Mitchell, Katja Sporar Klinge, Andrew B Barron, Yuri Ogawa, Karin Nordström
{"title":"Hoverfly responses to looming stimuli depend on elevation and speed.","authors":"Aika H Young, Jaxon Mitchell, Katja Sporar Klinge, Andrew B Barron, Yuri Ogawa, Karin Nordström","doi":"10.1242/jeb.252884","DOIUrl":"10.1242/jeb.252884","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An object on immediate collision course generates a rapidly expanding visual stimulus on the retina, which will typically trigger a fast reaction, such as an evasive behaviour. In hoverflies, for example, visual looming stimuli may be generated if the insect is about to collide with a stationary object in the surround, by an approaching predator, or by conspecifics during territorial interactions. Supporting these behavioural responses is a diverse range of looming-sensitive descending neurons that project information from the optic lobes and central brain to the motor control centres in the thoracic ganglia. We show here that these neurons are predominantly sensitive to looming stimuli located in the ventral visual field. To investigate if this is matched by behaviour, we recorded how tethered hoverflies responded to looming stimuli presented dorsally or ventrally on a visual monitor, at four different speeds (l⧸|v| of 10-667 ms), covering a naturalistic range. We found that ventral stimuli, especially at intermediate speeds (l⧸|v|=50 or 200 ms), triggered much stronger behavioural responses than dorsally displayed stimuli. The behavioural data thus not only match the receptive fields of the neurons likely to support the behaviour but also highlight that behavioural output is not entirely reflexive but is strongly modulated by stimulus speed and elevation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13615673/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148761560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Aggressive conflict used as landmark information in homing desert ants. 进攻性冲突作为沙漠蚁归巢的标志信息。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-07 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.252859
Antonio Bollig, Marília Freire, Konrad Bücking, Jana Kühnapfel, Markus Knaden
{"title":"Aggressive conflict used as landmark information in homing desert ants.","authors":"Antonio Bollig, Marília Freire, Konrad Bücking, Jana Kühnapfel, Markus Knaden","doi":"10.1242/jeb.252859","DOIUrl":"10.1242/jeb.252859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Across many species of the animal kingdom, the ability to navigate long distances is important for securing food and other resources. For example, ants, bees and rats have long been known to use path integration, a mechanism to integrate distance and direction travelled, to find their way back to their nest. However, path integration is imperfect, and errors accumulate over time as animals forage. There are several ways to counteract this uncertainty, for example by utilizing local olfactory or visual landmarks along a familiar route to infer an individual's position relative to its nest, i.e. its homing vector. Local landmarks are thought to be effective if they are constant, granting a strong association with the discrete location at which they are located. Here, we showed that ants can utilize something much sparser and more distributed than an individual constant landmark to inform its homing vector. Our data suggest that Tunisian desert ants integrate intraspecific contact, or social cues, to augment navigation. Although exposing homing ants that arrive at their expected nest position to colony members has no effect on their subsequent nest-search behaviour, contact with foreign conspecifics at a position where the nest is expected diminishes path integration certainty, thereby expanding the nest search pattern. Furthermore, we showed that ants form associations between intraspecific conflict and discrete locations to create so-called local vectors, within which the homing path to the nest can be stored. Apparently, ants remember aggressive interactions and take them into account when navigating.</p>","PeriodicalId":15786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Biology","volume":"229 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13615672/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148900555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Stroke rate detection from accelerometer data on marine mammals. 基于海洋哺乳动物加速度计数据的脑卒中率检测。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-07 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.252217
Frederik H Jensen, Outi M Tervo, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Susanne Ditlevsen
{"title":"Stroke rate detection from accelerometer data on marine mammals.","authors":"Frederik H Jensen, Outi M Tervo, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Susanne Ditlevsen","doi":"10.1242/jeb.252217","DOIUrl":"10.1242/jeb.252217","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Overall dynamic body acceleration (ODBA) is widely used as a proxy for movement activity. However, for large, slow-moving animals such as cetaceans, ODBA is dominated by orientational shifts rather than dynamic movements. We argue for using stroke rate frequency as an alternative to ODBA and present a method for estimating stroke rate from acceleration data, using narwhals as a case study. The resulting stroke rates aligned with diving phases and depths, where gliding is expected to be prevalent. The results were also competitive with state-of-the-art magnetometer-assisted approaches. The method also successfully detected individual strokes during a 30 s video of narwhal surface swimming. Using combined surge and heave acceleration produced better stroke estimates than using either in isolation. Our findings demonstrate that accelerometer-based tail stroke frequency is a valid proxy for activity level in marine mammals and highlight the importance of correcting for orientational effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":15786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Biology","volume":"229 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13615681/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148900588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The motor pattern of rolling escape locomotion in Drosophila larvae. 果蝇幼虫滚动逃逸运动的运动模式。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-04 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.252063
Liping He, Lydia J Borjon, W Daniel Tracey
{"title":"The motor pattern of rolling escape locomotion in Drosophila larvae.","authors":"Liping He, Lydia J Borjon, W Daniel Tracey","doi":"10.1242/jeb.252063","DOIUrl":"10.1242/jeb.252063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When undisturbed, Drosophila larvae move forward through their environment with sweeping waves of caudal to rostral muscle contractions. In stark contrast, nociceptive sensory stimuli trigger the larvae to roll across the substrate by corkscrewing around the long body axis. Here, we have determined the detailed timing of muscle activation that generates the body rotation across abdominal segments. To do so, we developed a high-speed confocal time-lapse imaging preparation that allowed us to trigger rolling with nociceptor optogenetics while simultaneously imaging a genetically encoded calcium sensor expressed in the muscles. Of the 30 muscles present in each larval abdominal hemisegment, we found that only 11 muscles are consistently and specifically activated across segments during rolling. Eight additional muscles are more sparsely activated. Importantly, the sequential pattern of muscle recruitment during rolling is completely distinct from that of forward or reverse crawling. A roll involves a wave of muscle activation that propagates around the larval circumference (in the transverse plane of each segment) and involves four co-active muscle groups. A pattern of activation progresses from co-active ventral muscle groups to dorsal groups and then spreads across the midline to the contralateral dorsal muscle groups, then progresses back to the ventral groups. The direction of a roll is determined by the clockwise or counterclockwise order of muscle group activation around the transverse plane. Finally, an analysis of the connectivity of inputs to larval motor neurons revealed a ring-like network architecture that could support the sequence of activation of the rolling motor pattern.</p>","PeriodicalId":15786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13615696/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148865172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Continuous sampling of cerebrospinal fluid from the third ventricle of the hypothalamus to identify accumulating or depleting metabolites during hibernation. 从下丘脑第三脑室连续取样脑脊液,以确定冬眠期间积累或消耗的代谢物。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-09 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.251702
Fredrik A F Markussen, Fernando Cázarez-Márquez, Iva Pitelkova, David G Hazlerigg, Shona H Wood
{"title":"Continuous sampling of cerebrospinal fluid from the third ventricle of the hypothalamus to identify accumulating or depleting metabolites during hibernation.","authors":"Fredrik A F Markussen, Fernando Cázarez-Márquez, Iva Pitelkova, David G Hazlerigg, Shona H Wood","doi":"10.1242/jeb.251702","DOIUrl":"10.1242/jeb.251702","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hibernation is a seasonally regulated process dramatically reducing metabolic rate and subsequently core body temperature (Tb). Many hibernators repeatedly cycle between torpor and arousal (T-A cycling) throughout the hibernation season. How these cycles are regulated is still unresolved. The sensing of metabolites accumulating/depleting during torpor may regulate T-A cycling. Here, we report the development of a microdialysis protocol to sample at a high temporal resolution from the third ventricle (3V) of the hypothalamus, from an individual hibernating golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). Over multiple days and T-A cycles we saw no negative impact on hibernation physiology or dynamics during the microdialysis. We collected samples at 2 h resolution over two successive T-A cycles and measured metabolites by targeted and untargeted metabolomics. Finally, we developed an analysis pipeline to identify accumulating or depleting metabolites during torpor, providing a proof of concept that cerebrospinal fluid microdialysis from the 3V of a hibernating golden hamster can be used in future studies to understand regulation of T-A cycling.</p>","PeriodicalId":15786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13615680/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148664090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) nymphs demonstrate robust jumping and gripping performance following limb loss. 斑点灯笼蝇(Lycorma delicatula)若虫在失去肢体后表现出强健的跳跃和抓握能力。
IF 3 2区 生物学
Journal of Experimental Biology Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.251002
Michael C Granatosky, Noah D Chernik, Anand Kanumuru, Stratos J Kantounis, Pranav Krish, Ariba Islam, Jonathan Shadan, Kyle Dixson, Melody W Young
{"title":"Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) nymphs demonstrate robust jumping and gripping performance following limb loss.","authors":"Michael C Granatosky, Noah D Chernik, Anand Kanumuru, Stratos J Kantounis, Pranav Krish, Ariba Islam, Jonathan Shadan, Kyle Dixson, Melody W Young","doi":"10.1242/jeb.251002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is an invasive hemipteran spreading across the United States. Eradication campaigns, such as \"See It, Squish It,\" rely on mechanical elimination. However, lanternflies often escape by executing hindlimb-driven leaps. Although escape rates remain unquantified, the physical nature of these eradication attempts likely results in individuals surviving with damaged/missing limbs. Lanternflies do not exhibit limb autotomy, and it remains unclear how well they tolerate injury. To evaluate the effects of limb loss on locomotor performance, we amputated a single fore-, mid-, or hindlimb in lanternfly nymphs and measured three ecologically relevant metrics: jumping and climbing velocity and pull-strength. We also tracked recovery over several days post-amputation for jumping and climbing trials. Jumping velocity and pull-strength were unaffected by limb removal. In contrast, climbing velocity declined significantly across all groups, with the greatest reductions observed following forelimb and hindlimb removal. This decrease in climbing velocity was associated with changes in both stride length and stride frequency. However, because climbing velocity also declined in the control group, it remains unclear whether limb amputation alone-or the intervention itself-was responsible for these effects. No evidence of performance recovery was observed over time. These findings demonstrate the fault-tolerant nature of the lanternfly locomotor system, likely supported by mechanical redundancy and decentralized neuromuscular control. The ability to maintain essential behaviors following limb loss may represent a complementary evolutionary strategy to autotomy-centered on resilience rather than pre-programed limb sacrifice. This performance robustness likely contributes to the lanternfly's invasive success.</p>","PeriodicalId":15786,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148793961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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