Project fruit fly: What accounts for insect taste?

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have identified a protein in sensory cells on the "tongues" of fruit flies that allows them to detect a noxious chemical and, ultimately, influences their decision about what to eat and what to avoid.

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