Non-redundant odorant detection in a locust
Hetan Chang, Anjana Pisharody Unni, Megha Treesa Tom, Lucas Cortés Llorca, Sabine Brase, Sascha Bucks, Kerstin Weniger, Sonja Bisch-Knaden, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden
This study identifies 208 odorants relevant to locust ecology and shows that locust olfactory receptors are narrowly tuned to specific ligands, with single receptor knockouts abolishing responses to their ligands.
bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience