A taste receptor neurone dedicated to the perception of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the medial galeal sensillum of two polyphagous arctiid caterpillars

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 312-321

  Bernays, E A ^a   Chapman, R F ^a   Hartmann, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Inst fur P C der T U B   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; Caterpillar; Pharmacophagy; Polyphagous; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Taste neurones

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CATERPILLAR; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SENSOR;

ARCTIIDAE; ESTIGMENE ACREA; GRAMMIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0036945597     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2002.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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