Functional Characterization of Insect Chemoreceptors: Receptivity Range, Expression and Evolution

• Main Author: William B. Walker (auth)
• Other Authors: Sharon R. Hill (auth), Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Gene Expression; odorant receptors; Insects; deorphanization; Gustatory Receptors; Olfaction; chemical ecology; gustation; evolution; Chemoreceptors
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Olfaction and taste are of critical importance to insects and other animals, since vital behaviours, including mate, food and host seeking, as well as predator and toxin avoidance, are guided by chemosensory cues. Mate and habitat choice are to a large extent determined by chemical signals, and chem...