Abstract
Some olfactory and gustatory mutants ofDrosophila melanogaster are described. Theolf mutants are insensitive to the repellent, benzaldehyde or the attractant ethyl acetate or simultaneously to both. Thegust mutants are unable to taste quinine or NaCl or sucrose. Electrophysiological tests show that one of the sugar non-tasters has an altered primary chemoreceptor response to sucrose.
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A lecture given at the Accademia Dei Lincei, Rome on 1st November, 1977
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Rodrigues, V., Siddiqi, O. Genetic analysis of chemosensory pathway. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Section B 87, 147–160 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03178976
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