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Temporal niche partitioning through olfactory cell type evolution
Ambra Masuzzo, Asfa Sabrin Borbora, Rolando D. Moreira-Soto…·Richard Benton
This study shows how Drosophila sechellia evolved a specialized olfactory receptor to detect ripe noni fruit, enabling temporal niche partitioning by reducing competition and parasitization.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.04.749392