Taste perception: Drosophila - a model of good taste.
Recent studies of taste receptors in Drosophila show remarkable parallels with the mammalian gustatory system, although the pathways are anatomically distinct. These parallels may reflect crucial constraints in the design of taste detection systems.
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Reinhard.Stocker@unifr.ch
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