2022
Ir56b is an atypical ionotropic receptor that underlies appetitive salt response in Drosophila
Dweck HKM, Talross GJS, Luo Y, Ebrahim SAM, Carlson JR. Ir56b is an atypical ionotropic receptor that underlies appetitive salt response in Drosophila. Current Biology 2022, 32: 1776-1787.e4. PMID: 35294865, PMCID: PMC9050924, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSalt tasteBitter-sensing neuronsStop codonLoss of functionNumber of speciesIonotropic receptorsIonotropic receptor familyN-terminal regionReceptor familyNeuronsDrosophila speciesPremature stop codonTaste modalitiesAncient functionGR familySalt responseSense codonsMolecular basisAtypical memberSalt detectionModalitiesCodonSensory modalitiesDrosophilaBehavioral responses
2021
Larval sites of the mosquito Aedes aegypti formosus in forest and domestic habitats in Africa and the potential association with oviposition evolution
Xia S, Dweck HKM, Lutomiah J, Sang R, McBride CS, Rose NH, Ayala D, Powell JR. Larval sites of the mosquito Aedes aegypti formosus in forest and domestic habitats in Africa and the potential association with oviposition evolution. Ecology And Evolution 2021, 11: 16327-16343. PMID: 34824830, PMCID: PMC8601902, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8332.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDomestic habitatsLarval sitesArtificial containersLaboratory choice experimentsNatural water containersHabitat transitionsEvolutionary historyHabitat differencesHabitat changeOviposition preferenceVolatile chemical profilesTree holesAfrican forestsHabitatsLarval distributionMicrobial densitySite choiceBacterial compositionAfrican localitiesDomestic evolutionAedes aegypti formosusForestNatural containersDry seasonSite microenvironmentEvolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii
Dweck HK, Talross GJ, Wang W, Carlson JR. Evolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii. ELife 2021, 10: e64317. PMID: 33616529, PMCID: PMC7899650, DOI: 10.7554/elife.64317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFruit pest Drosophila suzukiiRipe fruitPest Drosophila suzukiiEvolutionary shiftsBitter compoundsLays eggsAgricultural pestsDrosophila suzukiiBitter taste perceptionDrosophilaTaste sensillaSpeciesPhysiological responsesReduced expressionEggsTaste organsSensillaOverripe fruitsFruitTranscriptomeTaste codingSuzukiiMutantsLabellumPests