How fruit flies smell COâ‚‚:Study identifies individual receptors and how to block them
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How fruit flies smell COâ‚‚:Study identifies individual receptors and how to block them

Mosquitoes in search of blood as well as fruit flies looking for a place to lay their eggs navigate using CO2‚ which is produced during respiration or in fermentation processes. A complex of various odor receptors that can detect CO2 has already been identified in mosquitoes.