A moth odorant receptor highly expressed in the ovipositor is involved in detecting host-plant volatiles

Antennae are often considered to be the nostrils of insects. Here, we sequenced the transcriptome of the pheromone gland-ovipositor complex of Helicoverpa assulta and discovered that an odorant receptor (OR) gene, HassOR31, had much higher expression in the ovipositor than in antennae or other tissu...

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Main Authors: Rui-Ting Li, Ling-Qiao Huang, Jun-Feng Dong, Chen-Zhu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/53706