Sugar sensation and mechanosensation in the egg-laying preference shift of Drosophila suzukii
Wang W, Dweck H, Talross G, Zaidi A, Gendron J, Carlson J. Sugar sensation and mechanosensation in the egg-laying preference shift of Drosophila suzukii. ELife 2022, 11: e81703. PMID: 36398882, PMCID: PMC9674340, DOI: 10.7554/elife.81703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEgg-laying preferenceTaste organsAgricultural pestsDrosophila suzukiiChannel genesStiff substratesDrosophilaTaste sensillaReceptor geneMechanosensory cuesFruit sugarsGenesMechanosensationTaste sensationBitter taste sensationSpeciesEggsSweet taste sensationMajor subsetSuzukiiPestsSugarsElectrophysiological responsesWeak preferenceVariety of changes