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Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2017 Division of labor is a hallmark of social insects. In the honeybee (Apis mellifera) each sterile female worker performs a series of social tasks. The most drastic changes in behavior occur when a nurse bee, who takes care of the brood and the queen in ...
Ricarda Scheiner +4 more
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Mechanism of Acetic Acid Gustatory Repulsion in Drosophila
Cell Reports, 2019 Summary: The decision to consume or reject a food based on the degree of acidity is critical for animal survival. However, the gustatory receptors that detect sour compounds and influence feeding behavior have been elusive.
Suman Rimal +5 more
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Chemoreceptor Evolution in Hymenoptera and Its Implications for the Evolution of Eusociality. [PDF]
, 2015 Eusocial insects, mostly Hymenoptera, have evolved unique colonial lifestyles that rely on the perception of social context mainly through pheromones, and chemoreceptors are hypothesized to have played important adaptive roles in the evolution of ...
Berger, Shelley L +5 more
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Stimulation of the gerbil's gustatory receptors by polyols [PDF]
Brain Research, 1976 The gustatory responses of the Mongolian gerbil were tested with 12 sugar alcohols. The electrophysiological effectiveness of the linear polyols as gustatory stimulants increased as the length of the carbon chain increased from 2 to 5. Six and 7 carbon acyclic polyols were no more effective than the pentitols. By comparison myoinositol, a cyclic polyol,
Jakinovich, Jr. , William, Oakley, Bruce
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Description of Chemosensory Genes in Unexplored Tissues of the Moth Spodoptera littoralis
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Illumina-based transcriptome sequencing of chemosensory organs has become a standard in deciphering the molecular bases of chemical senses in insects, especially in non-model species.
Fotini A. Koutroumpa +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 In insects, the gustatory system has a critical function not only in selecting food and feeding behaviours but also in growth and metabolism. Gustatory receptors play an irreplaceable role in insect gustatory signalling.
Jianbai Liu +4 more
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Neurophysiological and behavioral responses of gypsy moth larvae to insect repellents: DEET, IR3535, and picaridin. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The interactions between insect repellents and the olfactory system have been widely studied, however relatively little is known about the effects of repellents on the gustatory system of insects. In this study, we show that the gustatory receptor neuron
Jillian L Sanford +4 more
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A taste of the Drosophila gustatory receptors [PDF]
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2009 Insects such as the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, rely on contact chemosensation to detect nutrient-rich foods, to avoid consuming toxic chemicals, and to select mates and hospitable zones to deposit eggs. Flies sense tastants and nonvolatile pheromones through gustatory bristles and pegs distributed on multiple body parts including the proboscis,
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Is fat the sixth taste primary? Evidence and implications [PDF]
, 2015 Explores our tongue\u27s ability to detect fat as a distinct taste similar to our ability to sense sweet, sour, bitter, acid and savory. Abstract Taste is the chemical sense responsible for the detection of non-volatile chemicals in potential foods. For
Andrew Costanzo, Russell Keast
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Honeybees (Apis mellifera) need their fine sense of taste to evaluate nectar and pollen sources. Gustatory receptors (Grs) translate taste signals into electrical responses.
Laura Değirmenci +6 more
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