Fire Ant TRP Channel (IMAGE)

Society for Neuroscience

Fire Ant TRP Channel

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Fire ant and honey bee belong to Hymenoptera but they live under very different environment. The fire ant TRP channel has lost the chemical sensitivity compared to the honey bee version during evolution. Four of eight natural compounds activating the channel repel fire ants, suggesting that these could be used to develop the effective control methods

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Tatsuhiko Kadowaki

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