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Prieto-Godino, L.L., Benton, R. (2013). Neuroecology: A Fly's Bug Detector.  Curr. Biol. 23(1): R20--R22.
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Drosophila avoid food contaminated by pathogenic bacteria and fungi using an olfactory pathway that is exquisitely tuned to a single microbial odour.
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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Abbreviation
    Curr. Biol.
    Title
    Current Biology
    Publication Year
    1991-
    ISBN/ISSN
    0960-9822
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