How drosophila detect volatile pheromones: Signaling, circuits, and behavior

Neurobiology of Chemical Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 229-254

  Sengupta, Samarpita ^a   Smith, Dean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85017884660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b16511     Document Type: Chapter

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