Egg size-dependent embryonic development in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Maeno Koutaro Ould, Piou Cyril, Leménager Nicolas. 2023. Egg size-dependent embryonic development in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology, 145:104467, 9 p.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2022.104467

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Résumé : Phenotypic plasticity in body size is a product of modification of the developmental pathway. Although hatchlings of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, show egg size-dependent plasticity in body size, it remains unclear how embryogenesis during egg development regulates final embryonic body size. To determine the developmental pathway causing body size variation at hatching, we examined egg and embryonic development at the early, middle, and late egg developmental stages in S. gregaria by comparing small and large eggs. Crowd-reared females produced larger eggs than isolated-reared females. The daily egg developmental rate was similar between small and large eggs: eggs dramatically absorbed external water after days 3 to 7 and nearly doubled the initial egg weight at the late stage of day 12. Morphological measurements of eggs and embryos at different days after oviposition revealed that large eggs were longer than small eggs throughout developmental stages. However, embryo length was similar between small and large eggs at the early stage (anatrepsis). Embryos begin to absorb yolk into their bodies after blastokinesis. The size of large-egg embryos increased significantly from the middle stage (katatrepsis) due to absorption of more yolk than small eggs. Egg length and embryo length were conspicuously larger in large eggs than in small eggs on day 12 of late katatrepsis. These results suggest that egg size did not influence the egg developmental rate and initial embryo size. Large eggs had more yolk and space, resulting in larger final embryos than small eggs. The amount of yolk and size of eggshells during katatrepsis could play a key role in determining hatchling body size in S. gregaria.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Schistocerca gregaria, phénotype, développement embryonnaire, stade de développement, plasticité phénotypique

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : France, Mauritanie

Mots-clés libres : Egg, Embryo, Hatchling, Phase polyphenism, Schistocerca gregaria

Classification Agris : H10 - Ravageurs des plantes

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 4 (2019-) - Santé des plantes, des animaux et des écosystèmes

Agences de financement hors UE : Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Projets sur financement : (JAP) KAKENHI

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