Sensing DEET (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Sensing DEET

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A single C. elegans worm pauses (left) when it senses DEET. Later, the worm starts crawling again (right). This image overlays multiple frames from a movie of the worm.

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Emily Dennis and Leslie Vosshall

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