title: Olfaction: smells like fly food.
abstract: Fruit flies love foods containing yeast. A new study now shows that they are attracted to and have dedicated olfactory neurons for detecting the scents produced by yeast metabolizing common phenolic compounds in fruit.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. Electronic address: jeri.wright@ncl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Geraldine A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D055696:Olfactory Perception; D010666:Phenylpropionates / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D010666:Phenylpropionates