Morphology can be associated with different aspects of an organisms’ life and the size of sensorial organs may allow inferences on the relevance of sensorial systems employed by them. There are organs implied in signal ...

The anuran peripheral olfactory system is composed of a number of subsystems, represented by distinct neuroepithelia. These include the main olfactory epithelium and vomeronasal organ (found in most tetrapods) and three ...

The signaling pathway mediating odor transduction in the chemosensory cilia of olfactory sensory neurons involves cationic cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGs), opened by cyclic AMP. Ca2+ entering through CNG opens ...

Background: Species of the genus Halomonas are salt-tolerant organisms that have a versatile metabolism and can degrade a variety of xenobiotic compounds, utilizing them as their sole carbon source. In this study, we ...

Two closely related species, Rhodnius prolixus and Rhodnius robustus, are the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, which is the causative agent of Chagas disease, but clearly exhibit clear-cut differences in their ecological ...

Olfactory receptors in insects are being employed as novel targets to develop strategies to control the damaging behaviors of crop pests and disease vectors. Traditional methodologies for their identification are laborious ...