Responses of olfactory receptor neurons in Utetheisa ornatrix to gender-specific odors

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 535-542

  Grant, A J ^a,b   O'Connell, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b American Biophysics Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; Electrophysiology; Olfaction; Pheromone; Trichoid sensilla

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCTIIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 0033904790     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590000108     Document Type: Article

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