OLFACTION IN DROSOPHILA - FROM ODOR TO BEHAVIOR

Authors
CARLSON JR
Citation
Jr. Carlson, OLFACTION IN DROSOPHILA - FROM ODOR TO BEHAVIOR, Trends in genetics, 12(5), 1996, pp. 175-180
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Trends in genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689525
Volume
12
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
175 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9525(1996)12:5<175:OID-FO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Odors elicit a variety of behavioral responses from Drosophila via a r elatively simple, but sensitive, olfactory system. An increasing numbe r of mutants have been found to be defective in olfactory function. Ge netic and molecular analyses of the Drosophila olfactory system have i dentified some of its molecular components, and have revealed some pri nciples of its function and organization.