Editing Locust (section)

=== As experimental models ===

The locust is large and easy to breed and rear, and is used as an experimental model in research studies. It has been used in evolutionary biology research and to test the generalizability of conclusions reached about test organisms such as the [[Drosophila|fruit fly]] (''Drosophila'') and the [[housefly]] (''Musca'').<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kellogg |first1=Elizabeth A. |last2=Shaffer |first2=H. Bradley |year=1993 |title=Model Organisms in Evolutionary Studies |journal=Systematic Biology |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=409–414 |doi=10.2307/2992481 |jstor=2992481 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Andersson |first1=Olga |last2=Hansen |first2=Steen Honoré |last3=Hellman |first3=Karin |last4=Olsen |first4=Line Rørbæk |last5=Andersson |first5=Gunnar |last6=Badolo |first6=Lassina |last7=Svenstrup |first7=Niels |last8=Nielsen |first8=Peter Aadal |title=The Grasshopper: A Novel Model for Assessing Vertebrate Brain Uptake |journal=Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics |volume=346 |issue=2 |date=2013 |issn=0022-3565 |doi=10.1124/jpet.113.205476 |pages=211–218|pmid=23671124 }}</ref> It is a suitable school laboratory animal because of its robustness and ease of breeding and handling.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Scott |first=Jon |title=The locust jump: an integrated laboratory investigation |journal=Advances in Physiology Education |date=March 2005 |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=21–26 |doi=10.1152/advan.00037.2004 |quote=The relative size and robustness of the locust make it simple to handle and ideal for such investigations. |pmid=15718379 |s2cid=27101536 |url=http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6ba9/b988f2edb5729c81cf3ba2bce009b444a24e.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226094312/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6ba9/b988f2edb5729c81cf3ba2bce009b444a24e.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-02-26 }}</ref>

At [[Tel Aviv University]], scientists have been using the antennae's acute sensitivity of [[Sense of smell]] to detect different odors in various technologies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli scientists develop sniffing robot with locust antennae |website=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/israeli-scientists-develop-sniffing-robot-with-locust-antennae-2023-02-06/ |access-date=2024-02-19}}</ref>