Fly sensor array (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Fly sensor array

Caption

When sensors are arranged in an arbitrary manner (top), conflicting odor information may confuse animals; while a valence-based organization, as in fruit flies, can selectively transmit positive or negative valence odor information (to effectively guide behaviors).

Credit

Johnatan Aljadeff

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Must be used in conjunction with PNAS paper on new fly olfactory map.

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