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Complementary function and integrated wiring of the evolutionarily distinct Drosophila olfactory subsystems.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 21 Sept 2011
Silbering Ana F, Rytz Raphael, Grosjean Yael, Abuin Liliane, Ramdya Pavan, Jefferis Gregory S X E, Benton Richard
Abstract excerpt
To sense myriad environmental odors, animals have evolved multiple, large families of divergent olfactory receptors. How and why distinct receptor repertoires and their associated circuits are functionally and anatomically integrated is essentially unknown. We have addressed these questions through comprehensive comparative analysis of the Drosophila olfactory subsystems that express the ionotropic receptors...
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