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Evolution of Insect Olfaction by Hansson, Bill S., Stensmyr, Marcus C.

“…Neuroethology utilizes a wide range of multidisciplinary approaches to decipher neural correlates of natural behaviors associated with an animal's ecological…”
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A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila by Stensmyr, Marcus C., Dweck, Hany K.M., Farhan, Abu, Ibba, Irene, Strutz, Antonia, Mukunda, Latha, Linz, Jeanine, Grabe, Veit, Steck, Kathrin, Lavista-Llanos, Sofia, Wicher, Dieter, Sachse, Silke, Knaden, Markus, Becher, Paul G., Seki, Yoichi, Hansson, Bill S.

“…Flies, like all animals, need to find suitable and safe food. Because the principal food source for Drosophila melanogaster is yeast growing on fermenting…”
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Gut microbiota affects development and olfactory behavior in Drosophila melanogaster by Qiao, Huili, Keesey, Ian W, Hansson, Bill S, Knaden, Markus

“…It has been shown that gut microbes are very important for the behavior and development of , as the beneficial microbes are involved in the identification of…”
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Combinatorial Codes and Labeled Lines: How Insects Use Olfactory Cues to Find and Judge Food, Mates, and Oviposition Sites in Complex Environments by Haverkamp, Alexander, Hansson, Bill S, Knaden, Markus

“…Insects, including those which provide vital ecosystems services as well as those which are devastating pests or disease vectors, locate their resources mainly…”
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Olfactory Preference for Egg Laying on Citrus Substrates in Drosophila by Dweck, Hany K.M., Ebrahim, Shimaa A.M., Kromann, Sophie, Bown, Deni, Hillbur, Ylva, Sachse, Silke, Hansson, Bill S., Stensmyr, Marcus C.

“…Egg-laying animals, such as insects, ensure the survival of their offspring by depositing their eggs in favorable environments. To identify suitable…”
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Olfactory Specialization in Drosophila suzukii Supports an Ecological Shift in Host Preference from Rotten to Fresh Fruit by Keesey, Ian W, Knaden, Markus, Hansson, Bill S

“…It has been demonstrated that Drosophila suzukii is capable of attacking ripening fruit, making it a unique species within a fly family named for their…”
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Desert Ants Locate Food by Combining High Sensitivity to Food Odors with Extensive Crosswind Runs by Buehlmann, Cornelia, Graham, Paul, Hansson, Bill S., Knaden, Markus

“…Desert ants feeding on dead arthropods forage for food items that are distributed unpredictably in space and time in the food-scarce terrain of the Saharan…”
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Spatial Representation of Odorant Valence in an Insect Brain by Knaden, Markus, Strutz, Antonia, Ahsan, Jawaid, Sachse, Silke, Hansson, Bill S.

“…Brains have to decide whether and how to respond to detected stimuli based on complex sensory input. The vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster evaluates food…”
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Elucidating the Neuronal Architecture of Olfactory Glomeruli in the Drosophila Antennal Lobe by Grabe, Veit, Baschwitz, Amelie, Dweck, Hany K.M., Lavista-Llanos, Sofia, Hansson, Bill S., Sachse, Silke

“…Olfactory glomeruli are morphologically conserved spherical compartments of the olfactory system, distinguishable solely by their chemosensory repertoire,…”
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Path Integration Controls Nest-Plume Following in Desert Ants by Buehlmann, Cornelia, Hansson, Bill S., Knaden, Markus

“…The desert ant Cataglyphis fortis is equipped with sophisticated navigational skills for returning to its nest after foraging [1, 2]. The ant's primary means…”
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Olfactory receptor and circuit evolution promote host specialization by 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

“…The evolution of animal behaviour is poorly understood 1 , 2 . Despite numerous correlations between interspecific divergence in behaviour and nervous system…”
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Olfactory language and abstraction across cultures by Majid, Asifa, Burenhult, Niclas, Stensmyr, Marcus, de Valk, Josje, Hansson, Bill S.

“…Olfaction presents a particularly interesting arena to explore abstraction in language. Like other abstract domains, such as time, odours can be difficult to…”
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Antennal transcriptome of Manduca sexta by Grosse-Wilde, Ewald, Kuebler, Linda S, Bucks, Sascha, Vogel, Heiko, Wicher, Dieter, Hansson, Bill S

“…In recent years, considerable progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying olfaction in insects. Because of the diverse nature…”
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Large-scale characterization of sex pheromone communication systems in Drosophila by Khallaf, Mohammed A., Cui, Rongfeng, Weißflog, Jerrit, Erdogmus, Maide, Svatoš, Aleš, Dweck, Hany K. M., Valenzano, Dario Riccardo, Hansson, Bill S., Knaden, Markus

“…Insects use sex pheromones as a reproductive isolating mechanism to attract conspecifics and repel heterospecifics. Despite the profound knowledge of sex…”
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The olfactory coreceptor IR8a governs larval feces-mediated competition avoidance in a hawkmoth by Zhang, Jin, Bisch-Knaden, Sonja, Fandino, Richard A., Yan, Shuwei, Obiero, George F., Grosse-Wilde, Ewald, Hansson, Bill S., Knaden, Markus

“…Finding a suitable oviposition site is a challenging task for a gravid female moth. At the same time, it is of paramount importance considering the limited…”
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The Molecular Basis of Host Selection in a Crucifer-Specialized Moth by Liu, Xiao-Long, Zhang, Jin, Yan, Qi, Miao, Chun-Li, Han, Wei-Kang, Hou, Wen, Yang, Ke, Hansson, Bill S., Peng, Ying-Chuan, Guo, Jin-Meng, Xu, Hao, Wang, Chen-Zhu, Dong, Shuang-Lin, Knaden, Markus

“…Glucosinolates (GSs) are sulfur-containing secondary metabolites characteristic of cruciferous plants [1, 2]. Their breakdown products, isothiocyanates (ITCs),…”
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Digital in vivo 3D atlas of the antennal lobe of Drosophila melanogaster by Grabe, Veit, Strutz, Antonia, Baschwitz, Amelie, Hansson, Bill S., Sachse, Silke

“…ABSTRACT As a model for primary olfactory perception, the antennal lobe (AL) of Drosophila melanogaster is among the most thoroughly investigated and…”
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Transcriptome Analysis of Gene Families Involved in Chemosensory Function in Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Walker, 3rd, William B, Roy, Amit, Anderson, Peter, Schlyter, Fredrik, Hansson, Bill S, Larsson, Mattias C

“…Deciphering the molecular mechanisms mediating the chemical senses, taste, and smell has been of vital importance for understanding the nature of how insects…”
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Functional evolution of Lepidoptera olfactory receptors revealed by deorphanization of a moth repertoire by de Fouchier, Arthur, Walker, William B., Montagné, Nicolas, Steiner, Claudia, Binyameen, Muhammad, Schlyter, Fredrik, Chertemps, Thomas, Maria, Annick, François, Marie-Christine, Monsempes, Christelle, Anderson, Peter, Hansson, Bill S., Larsson, Mattias C., Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle

“…Insects detect their hosts or mates primarily through olfaction, and olfactory receptors (ORs) are at the core of odorant detection. Each species has evolved a…”
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Pheromones mediating copulation and attraction in Drosophila by Dweck, Hany K M, Ebrahim, Shimaa A M, Thoma, Michael, Mohamed, Ahmed A M, Keesey, Ian W, Trona, Federica, Lavista-Llanos, Sofia, Svatoš, Aleš, Sachse, Silke, Knaden, Markus, Hansson, Bill S

“…Intraspecific olfactory signals known as pheromones play important roles in insect mating systems. In the model Drosophila melanogaster , a key part of the…”
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