Free-flight responses of Drosophila melanogaster to attractive odors

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3001-3017

  Budick, Seth A ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemotaxis; Chemotaxis; Drosophila; Flight control; Free flight; Insect; Odor; Olfaction; Search

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLYING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ODORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33748418000     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02305     Document Type: Article

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