Chemosensory apparatus of Drosophila larvae |
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Authors: | Chandra Bose Srijoni Basu Nabajit Das Sukant Khurana |
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Institution: | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K), Mohanpur, West Bengal – 741246, India;┼Authors equally contributed |
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Abstract: | Many insects, including Drosophila melanogaster, have a rich repertoire of olfactory behavior. Combination of robust behavioral
assays, physiological and molecular tools render D. melanogaster as highly suitable system for olfactory studies. The small number
of neurons in the olfactory system of fruit flies, especially the number of sensory neurons in the larval stage, makes the exploration
of sensory coding at all stages of its nervous system a potentially tractable goal, which is not possible in the foreseeable future in
any mammalian preparation. Advances in physiological recordings, olfactory signaling and detailed analysis of behavior, can place
larvae in a position to ask previously unanswerable questions. |
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Keywords: | Drosophila olfaction antenna insects mushroom body antennal lobe sensilla olfactory receptors odor-binding proteins |
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