The goal of making sense of the sense of smell has come a step closer. Work on fruitflies reveals that odorant receptors act as bidirectional chemical detectors and determine the function of sensory neurons.
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Friedrich, R. Odorant receptors make scents. Nature 430, 511–512 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/430511a
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