Animal Behavior & CognitionNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Odor-gated oviposition behavior in an ecological specialist
R. Alvarez-Ocana, M. P. Shahandeh, V. Ray…·R. Benton
This study identifies hexanoic acid and its receptor Ir75b as critical for odor-gated oviposition behavior in Drosophila sechellia, revealing evolutionary changes in olfactory tuning during host specialization.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-38722-z