Genome Biology
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MinireviewBilateral olfaction: two is better than one for navigationBaranidharan Raman1,2, Iori Ito1 and Mark Stopfer1  1National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Lincoln Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA 2National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA  author email corresponding author email
Genome Biology 2008,
9:212doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-3-212
Subject areas: Model organisms, Neurobiology, Genetics Abstract
Do animals require bilateral input to track odors? A recent study reveals that fruit fly larvae can localize odor sources using unilateral inputs from a single functional sensory neuron, but that an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio provided by dual inputs is helpful in more challenging environments. | 
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