Molecular basis of peripheral olfactory plasticity in Rhodnius prolixus, a Chagas disease vector

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Latorre Estivalis, Jose M ^a   Omondi, Bonaventure A ^b,d   DeSouza, Og ^c   Oliveira, Ivana H R ^a   Ignell, Rickard ^b   Lorenzo, Marcelo G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^d BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Olfaction; Olfactory coreceptors; Physiology; Triatomines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994610368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00074     Document Type: Article

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