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SUBMITTER: Bell AT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5046935 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bell Adrian T A AT Niven Jeremy E JE
Biology letters 20160901 9
Lateralized behaviours are widespread in both vertebrates and invertebrates, suggesting that lateralization is advantageous. Yet evidence demonstrating proximate or ultimate advantages remains scarce, particularly in invertebrates or in species with individual-level lateralization. Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) are biased in the forelimb they use to perform targeted reaching across a gap. The forelimb and strength of this bias differed among individuals, indicative of individual-level l ...[more]