Drosophila Avoids Parasitoids by Sensing Their Semiochemicals via a Dedicated Olfactory Circuit

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Ebrahim, Shimaa A M ^a   Dweck, Hany K M ^a   Stökl, Johannes ^b   Hofferberth, John E ^c   Trona, Federica ^a   Weniger, Kerstin ^a   Rybak, Jürgen ^a   Seki, Yoichi ^d   Stensmyr, Marcus C ^e   Sachse, Silke ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^a   Knaden, Markus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PARASITOID; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; WASP; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY BULB; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ACTINIDINE; ALKALOID; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FRAGRANCE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; IRIDOID; IRIDOMYRMECIN; ISOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEPETALACTOL; NERVE PROTEIN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TERPENE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRIDGED BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; IRIDOIDS; LARVA; MUTANT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ODORANTS; OLFACTORY BULB; OVIPOSITION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERPENES; WASPS;

EID: 84953322305     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002318     Document Type: Article

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