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Taste-independent detection of the caloric content of sugar in Drosophila.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Jul 2011
Dus Monica, Min SooHong, Keene Alex C, Lee Ga Young, Suh Greg S B
Abstract excerpt
Feeding behavior is influenced primarily by two factors: nutritional needs and food palatability. However, the role of food deprivation and metabolic needs in the selection of appropriate food is poorly understood. Here, we show that the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, selects calorie-rich foods following prolonged food deprivation in the absence of taste-receptor signaling. Flies mutant for the sugar...
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