Five canonical tastes, bitter, sweet, umami (amino acid), salty, and sour (acid), are detected
by animals as diverse as fruit flies and humans, consistent with a near-universal drive to …

We possess an acute sense of temperature. Most of us seek shade on a hot summer day,
prefer a warm shower to a cold one, and enjoy red wines served at a temperature of 15–18° …

Animals from flies to humans are able to distinguish subtle gradations in temperature and
show strong temperature preferences,,,. Animals move to environments of optimal …

We describe a paradigm for nociception in Drosophila. In response to the touch of a probe
heated above 38° C, Drosophila larvae produce a stereotypical rolling behavior, unlike the …

The chemical senses—smell and taste—allow animals to evaluate and distinguish valuable
food resources from dangerous substances in the environment. The central mechanisms by …

The abilities to sense environmental and internal temperatures are required for survival,
both for maintenance of homeostasis and for avoidance of tissue-damaging noxious …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the modern ecological and evolutionary contexts
of the evolutionary physiology in insects and provides a survey of sources of environmental …

Adhesion-type G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs), a large molecule family with over 30
members in humans, operate in organ development, brain function and govern …

In the past 5–10 years, the power of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its numerous
derivatives has been harnessed toward the development of genetically encoded fluorescent …

Environmental temperature strongly affects physiology of ectotherms. Small ectotherms, like
Drosophila, cannot endogenously regulate body temperature so must rely on behavior to …