Head and Olfactory Organs of a Female Mosquito and a Fruitfly (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Head and Olfactory Organs of a Female Mosquito and a Fruitfly

Caption

This image depicts scanning electron micrographs of the heads of a Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito (foreground) and Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly; background). Representative traces of a CO2-sensitive neuron activated by CO2 (top trace) and inhibited by addition of odor 2,3-butanedione (bottom trace). The structures of CO2 and 2,3-butanedione are also shown.

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S. Turner, UC Riverside.

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