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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Li RT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7308088 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20200521
Antennae are often considered to be the nostrils of insects. Here, we sequenced the transcriptome of the pheromone gland-ovipositor complex of <i>Helicoverpa assulta</i> and discovered that an odorant receptor (OR) gene, <i>HassOR31</i>, had much higher expression in the ovipositor than in antennae or other tissues. To determine whether the ovipositor was involved in odorant detection, we co-expressed <i>HassOR31</i> and its co-receptor, <i>HassORco</i>, in a <i>Xenopus</i> oocyte model system, ...[more]