Olfaction: Smells Like Fly Food

Fruit flies love foods containing yeast. A new study now shows that they are attracted to and have dedicated olfactory neurons for detecting the scents produced by yeast metabolizing common phenolic compounds in fruit. Fruit flies love foods containing yeast. A new study now shows that they are attr...

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Published in:Current biology 2015-02, Vol.25 (4), p.R144-R146
Main Author: Wright, Geraldine A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antioxidants - metabolism
Drosophila melanogaster - physiology
Olfactory Perception
Phenylpropionates - metabolism
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Summary:Fruit flies love foods containing yeast. A new study now shows that they are attracted to and have dedicated olfactory neurons for detecting the scents produced by yeast metabolizing common phenolic compounds in fruit. Fruit flies love foods containing yeast. A new study now shows that they are attracted to and have dedicated olfactory neurons for detecting the scents produced by yeast metabolising common phenolic compounds in fruit
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.052