Sugar perception in honeybees

Sugar perception in honeybees

Honeybees (Apis mellifera) need their fine sense of taste to evaluate nectar and pollen sources. Gustatory receptors (Grs) translate taste signals into electrical responses. In vivo experiments have demonstrated collective responses of the whole Gr-set. We here disentangle the contributions of all t...

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Main Authors: Laura Değirmenci, Fabio Luiz Rogé Ferreira, Adrian Vukosavljevic, Cornelia Heindl, Alexander Keller, Dietmar Geiger, Ricarda Scheiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
AmGr1
AmGr2
AmGr3
Xenopus oocytes
sugar responsiveness
proboscis extension response (PER)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.1089669/full

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