In Drosophila melanogaster, the causal links among a complex behaviour, single neurons
and single genes can be demonstrated through experimental manipulations. A key player in …

Genetic approaches in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, have led to a major triumph in
the field of sensory biology—the discovery of multiple large families of sensory receptors …

Taste systems encode chemical cues that drive vital behaviors. We have elucidated
noncanonical features of taste coding using an unconventional kind of electrophysiological …

Social interactions depend on individuals recognizing each other, and in this context many
organisms use chemical signals to indicate species and sex. Cuticular hydrocarbon signals …

The detection of water and the regulation of water intake are essential for animals to
maintain proper osmotic homeostasis. Drosophila and other insects have gustatory sensory …

Most living organisms use pheromones for inter-individual communication. In Drosophila
melanogaster flies, several pheromones perceived either by contact/at a short distance …

The insect gustatory system senses taste information from environmental food substrates
and processes it to control feeding behaviors. Drosophila melanogaster has been a …

Contact chemosensation is required for several behaviors that promote insect survival.
These include evasive behaviors such as suppression of feeding on repellent compounds …

Background The social life of animals depends on communication between individuals.
Recent studies in Drosophila melanogaster demonstrate that various behaviors are …

Pheromones regulate male social behaviors in Drosophila, but the identities and behavioral
role (s) of these chemosensory signals, and how they interact, are incompletely understood …