Effect of age and sex on the sensitivity of antennal and palpal olfactory cells of houseflies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-51

  Kelling, F J ^a   Biancaniello, G ^a   Den Otter, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenna; Diptera; Electrophysiology; Musca domestica; Muscidae; Olfaction; Palp

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ANTENNA; OLFACTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

DIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 0038017257     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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