Review
Taste and pheromone perception in mammals and flies
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* Corresponding author: Hubert Amrein hoa1@duke.edu
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Genome Biology 2003, 4:220 doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-7-220
Published: 30 June 2003Abstract
The olfactory systems of insects and mammals have analogous anatomical features and use similar molecular logic for olfactory coding. The molecular underpinnings of the chemosensory systems that detect taste and pheromone cues have only recently been characterized. Comparison of these systems in Drosophila and mouse uncovers clear differences and a few surprising similarities.