A Drosophila female pheromone elicits species-specific long-range attraction via an olfactory channel with dual specificity for sex and food.

Sebastien LebretonFelipe Borrero-EcheverryFrancisco GonzalezMarit SolumErika A WallinErik HedenströmBill S HanssonAnna-Lena GustavssonMarie BengtssonGöran BirgerssonWilliam B WalkerHany K M DweckPaul G BecherPeter Witzgall

Published in: BMC biology (2017)

The Or69aA and Or69aB isoforms have adopted dual olfactory traits. The underlying gene yields a collaboration between natural and sexual selection, which has the potential to drive speciation.

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