A mechanosensory receptor required for food texture detection in drosophila

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  • who: Juan Antonio Sá et al. from the Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Gu00e9nopode Building, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, UMR have published the article: A mechanosensory receptor required for food texture detection in Drosophila, in the Journal: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS NATURE COMMUNICATIONS of 27/01/2017
  • what: The authors show that Drosophila melanogaster can discriminate food texture avoiding substrates that are either too hard or too soft. The authors show that texture preference requires NOMPC a TRP-family mechanosensory channel. The authors show that flies show robust and sensitive discrimination . . .

     

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