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Genetic and developmental factors in the olfactory response of Drosophila melanogaster larvae to alcohols.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 May 1992
Cobb M, Bruneau S, Jallon J M
Abstract excerpt
Olfactory responses of Drosophila melanogaster larvae to a homologous series of primary alcohols (methanol ... decanol) were tested. Alcohols at either extreme of the chain lengths studied (methanol, ethanol and decanol) evoked no significant responses. Heptanol and nonanol both produced dose-independent responses, larvae being attracted to heptanol and repulsed by nonanol. The remaining alcohols elicited...
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