Summary
Mutations in an X-linked gene, gust-A, block the responses of Drosophila melanogaster to a group of pyranose sugars. It is shown that the behavioural effects of this mutation are correlated with a loss of electrical responses in taste receptors. The mutation affects the chemoacceptors for pyranose sugars leaving the furanose acceptors intact.
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Rodrigues, V., Siddiqi, O. A gustatory mutant of Drosophila defective in pyranose receptors. Molec. Gen. Genet. 181, 406–408 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425621
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