Blue Light Smells Like Bananas to Gene-Altered Flies

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 14:10 in Biology & Nature

Fruit fly larvae with algae proteins in their "noses" will mistake blue light for the scent of mushy bananas, researchers have found. Larva - Protein - Biology - Flora and Fauna - Arthropoda

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