Cellular identification of water gustatory receptor neurons and their central projection pattern in Drosophila [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006 Water perception is important for insects, because they are particularly vulnerable to water loss because their body size is small. In Drosophila , gustatory receptor neurons are located at the base of the taste sensilla on the labellum, tarsi, and wing margins.
Tsuyoshi, Inoshita, Teiichi, Tanimura
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Evolution of a complex locus : exon gain, loss and divergence at the Gr39a locus in Drosophila [PDF]
, 2008 Background. Gene families typically evolve by gene duplication followed by the adoption of new or altered gene functions. A different way to evolve new but related functions is alternative splicing of existing exons of a complex gene.
Butlin, Roger K. +19 more
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BMC Genomics, 2020 Background Crustaceans express several classes of receptor genes in their antennules, which house olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) and non-olfactory chemosensory neurons.
Mihika T. Kozma +5 more
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A subset of sweet-sensing neurons identified by IR56d are necessary and sufficient for fatty acid taste. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2017 Fat represents a calorically potent food source that yields approximately twice the amount of energy as carbohydrates or proteins per unit of mass. The highly palatable taste of free fatty acids (FAs), one of the building blocks of fat, promotes food ...
John M Tauber +5 more
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Contribution of the T1r3 Taste Receptor to the Response Properties of Central Gustatory Neurons
Journal of Neurophysiology, 2009 T1r3 is a critical subunit of T1r sweet taste receptors. Here we studied how the absence of T1r3 impacts responses to sweet stimuli by taste neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) of the mouse. The consequences bear on the multiplicity of sweet taste receptors and how T1r3 influences the distribution of central gustatory neurons.
Christian H, Lemon, Robert F, Margolskee
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A Drosophila Gustatory Receptor Required for Strychnine Sensation [PDF]
, 2015 Strychnine is a potent, naturally occurring neurotoxin that effectively protects plants from animal pests by deterring feeding behavior. In insects, such as the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, bitter-tasting aversive compounds are detected primarily ...
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Chemosensation is essential for the survival of insects. Activities like searching for food, mating, and oviposition in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster are to a great extent governed by chemical cues detected via olfaction and gustation.
Venkatesh Pal Mahadevan +4 more
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A Synapse-level Characterization of Gustatory Receptor Neurons in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]
, 2021 Animals utilize the rich variety of chemicals in their surroundings to identify and evaluate food sources, communicate with conspecifics and detect predators.
Engert, Stefanie M
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Insulin-like peptides encode sensory information to regulate "C. elegans" development [PDF]
, 2010 The sensory system senses and conveys information about an animal’s complex environment to induce the optimal physiological and behavioral responses that are necessary for survival.
Cornils, Astrid
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Plant insecticide L-canavanine repels Drosophila via the insect orphan GPCR DmX. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2009 For all animals, the taste sense is crucial to detect and avoid ingesting toxic molecules. Many toxins are synthesized by plants as a defense mechanism against insect predation.
Christian Mitri +5 more
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