Chemosensory ecology: deceiving Drosophila

Curr Biol. 2010 Oct 26;20(20):R891-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.09.018.

Abstract

The Solomon's lily arum mimics the odours of yeast to attract drosophilid flies as unrewarded pollinators.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arum / chemistry*
  • Chemotaxis / physiology*
  • Drosophila melanogaster / physiology*
  • Odorants*
  • Olfactory Receptor Neurons / metabolism
  • Pollination / physiology*
  • Yeasts / chemistry