| Title: | The survival advantage of olfaction in a competitive environment |
| Author(s): | Asahina K; Pavlenkovich V; Vosshall LB; |
| Address: | "Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.075 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0960-9822 (Print) 0960-9822 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Olfaction is generally assumed to be critical for survival because this sense allows animals to detect food and pheromonal cues. Although the ability to sense sex pheromones [1, 2, 3] is likely to be important for insects, the contribution of general odor detection to survival is unknown. We investigated the extent to which the olfactory system confers a survival advantage on Drosophila larvae foraging for food under conditions of limited resources and competition from other larvae" |
| Keywords: | "Animals;Animals *Competitive Behavior Cues Drosophila/genetics/growth & development/*physiology Drosophila Proteins/genetics Larva/genetics/physiology Mutation Odorants Population Density Receptors, Odorant/genetics Smell/*physiology;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineAsahina, Kenta Pavlenkovich, Viktoryia Vosshall, Leslie B eng R01 DC006711/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ R01 DC006711-03/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ R01 DC006711-04/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural England 2008/08/05 Curr Biol. 2008 Aug 5; 18(15):1153-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.075" |
