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Sensilla

Known as: Antennal Sensillums, Sensillas, Antennal, Antennal Sensilla 
Collective name for a group of external MECHANORECEPTORS and CHEMORECEPTORS manifesting as sensory structures in ARTHROPODS. They include cuticular… Expand
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Olfactory SensillaSetae

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Review
2013
Review
2013
Odorant reception in insects: roles of receptors, binding proteins, and degrading enzymes.
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  • Annual review of entomology
  • 2013
    • Corpus ID: 44379711
Our knowledge of the molecular basis of odorant reception in insects has grown exponentially over the past decade. Odorant… Expand
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Deciding Which Way to Go: How Do Insects Alter Movements to Negotiate Barriers?
Animals must routinely deal with barriers as they move through their natural environment. These challenges require directed… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Chemosensory Coding by Neurons in the Coeloconic Sensilla of the Drosophila Antenna
Odor coding is based on the diverse sensitivities and response properties of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). In the Drosophila… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Molecular, Anatomical, and Functional Organization of the Drosophila Olfactory System
BACKGROUND Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) convey chemical information into the brain, producing internal representations of… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Ant Nestmate and Non-Nestmate Discrimination by a Chemosensory Sensillum
In animal societies, chemical communication plays an important role in conflict and cooperation. For ants, cuticular hydrocarbon… Expand
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A large family of divergent Drosophila odorant-binding proteins expressed in gustatory and olfactory sensilla.
We identified a large family of putative odorant-binding protein (OBP) genes in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster. Some of… Expand
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Development of adult sensilla on the wing and notum of Drosophila melanogaster.
We have investigated the temporal pattern of appearance, cell lineage, and cytodifferentiation of selected sensory organs… Expand
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Mechanosensitive and Olfactory Sensilla of Insects
Insects are the most successful land dwellers among the invertebrates. They owe this achievement largely to their cuticle, which… Expand
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Pheromone binding and inactivation by moth antennae
The antennae of male silk moths are extremely sensitive to the female sex pheromone such that a male moth can find a female up to… Expand
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Electron microscopical reconstruction of the anterior sensory anatomy of the nematode caenorhabditis elegans
The complete structure of the anterior sensory nervous system of the small nematode C. elegans has been determined by… Expand
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