Drosophila grimshawi, [>]
Drosophila melanogaster, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Drosophila mojavensis, [>]
Drosophila pseudoobscura, [>]–[>]
Drosophila sechellia, [>]
Drosophila species overview, [>]–[>]
evolution and, [>]
genome sequencing, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
in Hawaii, [>]
immune system, [>]
intelligence experiments, [>]–[>], [>]
locations for egg-laying, [>]
mating description, [>], [>]
pheromones/pheromone detection, [>], [>], [>]
rover-sitter gene dichotomy, [>]–[>], [>]
same-sex behavior/research, [>]–[>]
serotonin and, [>]
sperm competition, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
sperm morphology/competition, [>]–[>], [>]
sperm types, [>]–[>]
trade-offs with learning, [>], [>]
Gallai, Nicola, [>]
Gal, Ram, [>]–[>]
Garcia-González, Paco, [>]–[>]
GenBank, [>]
gender determination. See sex determination
genes
complexity of regulation, [>]–[>]
components of, [>]
proteins and, [>], [>], [>]
as "recyclers," [>]–[>]
redundancy of material, [>]
regulation, [>], [>]
gene therapy, [>]
genome
definition, [>]
See also DNA
genome sequence defined, [>]
genome sequencing
animal examples, [>]
definition/description, [>]
determining priorities, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
evolutionary distance and, [>]
GenBank, [>]
genome size and, [>], [>]–[>]
Human Genome Project, [>]
laboratory mice and, [>]
zebra fish, [>]–[>]
genome sequencing insects
determining priorities, [>]–[>]
disease prevention and, [>], [>]–[>]
evolutionary history and, [>], [>], [>]
flour beetles, [>]–[>]
fruit flies, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
genetics of sexual differences and, [>]
honeybees, [>]–[>], [>]
importance of, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
mosquitoes, [>]–[>], [>]
odor detection genes, [>]
pest control and, [>], [>]–[>]
proteins and, [>]
silk and, [>]
transcriptional rewiring and, [>]
genome size
about, [>]–[>]
body size and, [>]
complexity of organism and, [>], [>]
genome sequencing and, [>], [>]–[>]
variation in, [>]–[>]
genome size of insects
genome sequencing and, [>]–[>]
social behavior and, [>]–[>]
species development and, [>]
sperm length and, [>]
variation in, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Gillespie, Rosemary, [>], [>]
glutamate, [>]–[>]
Godfray, H. Charles J., [>], [>]
Goodall, Jane, [>], [>]
gorillas, [>]
Gorman, James, [>]
Gould, James L., [>]
grasshoppers
genome size, [>], [>]
mountain grasshoppers, [>]
Green Porno (films), [>], [>]
Gregory, Ryan, [>], [>]
Griffin, Donald, [>]–[>]
Gronenberg, Wulfia, [>]–[>]
guanine (G), [>]
Gundersen-Rindal, Dawn, [>], [>]–[>]
Haight, Kevin, [>]
Hamilton, W. D., [>]
hangingflies, [>]
Hare, Hope, [>]–[>]
Hauser, Mark, [>]–[>]
hedgehogs, European, [>]
Hedrick, Ann, [>]
Heinze, J., [>]
Henry V (Shakespeare), [>]
Herbers, Joan, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
"hive mind," [>]
Hölldobler, Bert, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Holman, Luke, [>]–[>]
homosexual behavior. See same-sex behavior in insects; same-sex behavior in non-human animals
honeybees
altruism, [>], [>], [>]
ancient Arab cultures on, [>], [>]
ancient/early gender misconceptions on, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
ancient Greeks on, [>]–[>]
CO[>] and reproduction, [>]
counting and, [>]–[>]
decline of colonies, [>], [>]
defending colonies, [>]
discrimination among photographs, [>]
discrimination in decision making, [>]
division of labor derivation, [>]–[>]
drone swarms, [>]
genome sequencing and, [>]–[>], [>]
human faces recognition, [>]–[>]
mating, [>], [>]–[>]
navigation, [>], [>]
queens, [>], [>], [>]
royal jelly, [>], [>], [>]
sociogenomics studies on, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
workers, [>], [>]
See also social insects
honeybees dance communication
advantages of, [>]–[>]
Asian honeybees, [>]
auditory information with, [>]
comparison with red dwarf bees, [>]–[>]
evolution of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
finding new home site, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
food source distance/direction and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Frisch's work on, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
hiding food information from competitors, [>], [>]
odor cues with, [>], [>]
research confirming, [>]–[>]
skepticism on, [>]–[>]
symbolic language/thinking and, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
waggle dance description, [>]
waggle dance dialect differences, [>]
waggle dance on YouTube, [>]–[>]
honeybees genome project
disease defense and, [>]
results, [>]–[>], [>]
"sociality genes," [>]
honeybees house hunting
beekeepers and, [>], [>]
"buzz-run," [>]
consensus decisions vs. combined decisions, [>]–[>]
decision making, [>], [>]–[>]
experiment on island, [>]–[>]
group decision and, [>]–[>]
moving in unison, [>]–[>]
"piping" cry, [>]
queen and, [>], [>]
reasons for, [>], [>]–[>]
scouts' communication and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
site traits, [>]
swarming, [>]–[>], [>]
Zuk's garage and, [>]–[>]
Horse Personality Questionnaire, [>]
Huber, Pierre, [>]
Human Genome Project, [>]
humans
childbirth, [>], [>]
childcare needs explanations, [>]–[>]
genome size, [>]
language "uniqueness" and, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
sex ratio, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
sperm cells, [>]–[>]
sperm types and, [>]
"uniqueness" and, [>], [>]–[>]
hunting concept, [>]–[>]
individuality
backbone and, [>]
humans and, [>], [>]
insect stereotype, [>]–[>]
See also personality
individual recognition in insects
ants, [>]–[>]
brains and, [>]–[>]
complex social behavior and, [>]–[>]
overview, [>]–[>]
paper wasps, [>]–[>]
infanticide with cannibalism, [>]–[>]
"inheritance of acquired characteristics," [>]–[>]
insects
automaton stereotype (overview), [>]–[>], [>]
conservation and, [>]
diversity of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
dung removal by, [>], [>], [>]
ecological services of (overview), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
economic value estimation, [>]
equal-opportunity entomology, [>]–[>]
human views of (overview), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
importance of studying (overview), [>]–[>]
lack of expression, [>]–[>]
life span diversity, [>]–[>]
mirroring human behavior, [>]–[>]
numbers of, [>], [>]
pest control by, [>]
pollination, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
population control by, [>]
recreational services of, [>]
sex ratio, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
soil improvement by, [>]–[>]
"Insect Warfare" (band), [>]
insulin, [>]
intelligence
backbone and, [>]
counting and, [>]–[>]
prerequisites for, [>]
teaching and, [>]–[>]
trade-offs with, [>]–[>]
variations in, [>]–[>]
intelligence of insects
altruism, [>]
candidates for, [>]
chemical alterations/mutations experiments, [>]–[>]
counting, [>]–[>]
crickets refinding sites, [>]–[>]
devising experiments, [>]
discrimination among photographs, [>]
discrimination in decision making, [>]
fruit fly experiments, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
human faces recognition, [>]–[>], [>]
naturalists belittling, [>]–[>], [>]
nutritional content experiments, [>]–[>]
object manipulation and, [>]–[>]
parasitic wasps and, [>]
provisioning wasps and, [>]–[>]
sociability and, [>]
teaching and, [>]–[>]
intelligence of insects/human implications
artificial intelligence, [>]–[>]
brain damage and, [>]
computer improvement, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
computerized facial recognition, [>]
gene therapy and, [>]
humans with limited abilities, [>]
learning difficulties and, [>]
prosopagnosia research, [>]
robotics, [>], [>]
Jacob, François, [>]
Jenner, Ronald, [>]
Johnson, Christine, [>]
Johnson, J. Chadwick, [>]
Jung, Carl, [>]
katydids, [>]–[>]
Kawecki, Tad
exterminator incident, [>]
fruit fly experiments, [>]–[>], [>]
Keller, Evelyn Fox, [>]–[>]
Kimura, Ken-Ichi, [>]–[>]
Klug, Hope, [>]
Kölliker, Mathias, [>]–[>]
Kolozsvary, G., [>]
Kortet, Raine, [>]
ladybugs (ladybird beetles), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, [>]–[>]
language
human "uniqueness" and, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
See also honeybees dance communication
Language Origins (Wray), [>]
Leadbeater, Ellouise, [>]
learning
instinct and, [>]–[>]
See also intelligence; teaching
Ledford, Heidi, [>]
LeVay, Simon, [>]
Lew, Jie Bin, [>]
Libersat, Frederic, [>]–[>]
Liebig, Jurgen, [>]–[>]
Life of the Bee, The (Maeterlinck), [>]
Lindauer, Martin, [>]
lions, [>]
locusts, [>]–[>]
Lorenz, Konrad, [>]
Los Angeles Times, [>]
Losey, John, [>]–[>]
Maeterlinck, Maurice
on ants, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
on bees, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Majerus, Mike, [>]
malaria, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Manica, Andrea, [>]
mantises
Marquis, Don, [>]–[>]
Masai of Africa, [>]
mating behavior in insects
burying beetles, [>], [>]
chrysanthemum longicorn beetles (Phytoecia rufiventris), [>]–[>]
damselflies/dragonflies sets of genitalia, [>]
female multiple matings, [>]–[>]
fruit flies, [>], [>]
giant water bugs, [>]
honeybees, [>], [>]–[>]
nuptial gifts vs. forced matings, [>]–[>]
oviposition, [>]
seminal receptacle size and, [>]–[>]
spermatophores, [>]–[>]
sperm morphology, [>]–[>]
sperm size, [>]–[>]
sperm types, [>]–[>]
traumatic insemination, [>]–[>]
See also cryptic female choice; same-sex behavior in insects; sperm competition in insects
McClintock, Barbara, [>]–[>]
McRobert, Scott, [>]
meerkats, [>]
Merian, Maria Sibylla, [>]
Mery, Frederic, [>]
mice genome sequencing, [>]
midges life span, [>]–[>]
Miller, Gary, [>]–[>]
mosquitoes
Aedes aegypti, [>]–[>]