Hox-determined appendage regeneration restores cockroach courtship rituals  

作　　者：Xingmei Mai Mingtao Liao Fangming Zhao Ethan Yihao Li Fangzheng Liu Renaguli Aisa Sichen Wu Nan Chen Sheng Li Chonghua Ren 

机构地区：[1]Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology,Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research,Institute of Insect Science and Technology,School of Life Sciences,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510631,China [2]Guangmeiyuan R&D Center,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology,South China Normal University,Meizhou 514779,China [3]High School Affiliated to South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510631,China [4]Xinyang Aviation Vocational College,Xinyang 464006,China

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2025年第3期874-876,共3页中国科学(生命科学英文版)

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070500,32370439,32220103003,and 31930014);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2021B1515020044);the Department of Science and Technology in Guangdong Province(2019B090905003)。

摘　　要：Dear Editor,The German cockroach,Blattella germanica(Insecta,Blattodea),is one of the most synanthropic cosmopolitan pests affecting public health,which is often described as“little mighty”because of its extreme vitality and adaptability.This characterization in cockroaches is primarily due to two crucial biological traits,strong regenerative capacity and excellent fecundity(Ren et al.,2023),but nothing is known about the underlying relationship between these two traits in terms of physiology and behavior.Insects have evolved diverse appendages(i.e.antenna,labial palp,maxillary palp,leg,wing,and cercus)that are used for locomotion,feeding,communication,and other vital functions(Chen et al.,2022;Li et al.,2024).As a crucial adaptive strategy,appendage regeneration enables animals to restore injured body parts and their associated functions(Tanaka,2016),significantly enhancing survival ability and ecological adaptation(Zhong et al.,2023).Moreover,cockroaches exhibit extremely prominent capacity of leg regeneration in the insect kingdom(Li et al.,2018;Ren et al.,2024;Zhang et al.,2024).

关 键 词：TRAITS ANTENNA REGENERATION 

分 类 号：Q96[生物学—昆虫学]