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Olfactory receptor and circuit evolution promote host specialization.
Nature - 1 Mar 2020
Auer Thomas O, Khallaf Mohammed A, Silbering Ana F, Zappia Giovanna, Ellis Kaitlyn, Álvarez-Ocaña Raquel, Arguello J Roman, Hansson Bill S, Jefferis Gregory S X E, Caron Sophie J C, Knaden Markus, Benton Richard
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The evolution of animal behaviour is poorly understood1,2. Despite numerous correlations between interspecific divergence in behaviour and nervous system structure and function, demonstrations of the genetic basis of these behavioural differences remain rare3-5. Here we develop a neurogenetic model, Drosophila sechellia, a species that displays marked differences in behaviour compared to its close cousin...
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