Desiccated desert locust embryos reserve yolk as a “lunch box” for posthatching survival
2025
Maeno, Koutaro, Ould | Piou, Cyril | Leménager, Nicolas | Ould Ely, Sidi | Ould Babah Ebbe, Mohamed, Abdallahi | Benahi, Ahmed, Salem | Jaavar, Mohamed, El Hacen | Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) | Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Occitanie])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM) | Ministère du Développement Rural de Mauritanie | Centre National de Recherche Agronomique et de Développement Agricole (CNRADA) | Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne de Mauritanie (CNLA) ; Ministère du Développement Rural et de l'Environnement | This study was funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant Numbers 15K18808 and 21K05627 (K.O.M).
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Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]anglais. Oviparous animals often prioritize the allocation of reproductive resources to egg size over clutch size, but the impact of this maternal investment on the allocation of embryonic yolks and its ecological functions is poorly understood. We investigated how desert locust embryos allocate yolk for survival energy after hatching, rather than embryonic somatic growth depending on egg size in response to desiccation stress. Crowd-reared females (gregarious phase) produced significantly larger progeny with higher tolerance to starvation than females reared in isolation (solitarious phase). Abnormally small hatchlings with residual yolk in their gut emerged from small and large eggs when exposed to desiccation. In particular, these small hatchlings of desiccated eggs survived significantly longer under starvation than those of wet ones, with larger eggs providing even greater survival benefits. Physiological analysis showed that hatchlings from desiccated eggs showed a trade-off by reserving more lipids without somatic growth than those from normal eggs. Desiccation could be a reliable signal for embryos to predict future poor vegetation, and reserved energy could increase the chance of accessing food after hatching. Our results underscore adaptive plasticity in maternal and embryonic resource allocation in desert locusts in response to unpredictably variable semi-arid habitats.
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