Behavioral and electroantennogram analysis of olfactory stimulation inlozenge: ADrosophila mutant lacking antennal basiconic sensilla (Diptera: Drosophilidae) |
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Authors: | Renée Venard Reinhard F. Stocker |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique Evolutives, CNRS, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;(2) Institute of Zoology, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Pérolles, Fribourg, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Two alleles of the mutant lozengeof Drosophila melanogaster, lzand lz3,lack basiconic sensilla on the antennal funiculus. To elucidate the role of these sensilla for the perception of food odors, we studied the locomotor behavior and the electroantennogram (EAG) activity of lozenge flies in response to olfactory stimuli. The significance of basiconic sensilla on the maxillary palps was assessed by testing the locomotion of flies surgically deprived of their palps. The behavioral data suggest that antennal and maxillary basiconic sensilla may be important receptors for short chain alcohols and organic acids but less crucial receptors for acetates, aldehydes, and ketones. In agreement with this interpretation, EAG responses to alcohols (but not to esters) were found to be markedly lower in lozengethan in the wild type. |
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Keywords: | Drosophila melanogaster sensillum mutant behavioral genetics olfactory stimulation locomotor behavior electroantennogram recording |
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