Browsing by Subject "chemosensation"
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(2013-02-21)Department: Biological SciencesInsects are able to detect a wide range of volatiles through a family of cell-surface odorant receptors (ORs), which are activated by specific odorants and relay the signal to the brain. Insect ORs function as heteromultimeric ...
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(2011-04-18)Department: Biological SciencesThis project is concerned with the molecular basis for the sense of smell in the disease-carrying mosquito species, Anopheles gambiae. Females of this species feed predominantly on human blood. The sense of smell, also ...