The study «A long - range cis - regulatory element for class I odorant receptor genes» published in Nature Communications was a collaborative effort between Tokyo Tech, the University of Tokyo, Nihon BioData Corporation and RIKEN Brain Science Institute. (sciencedaily.com)
«We were quite surprised that by silencing just this single odorant receptor, flies could no longer localize their preferred egg - laying substrate.» (sciencedaily.com)
However, the researchers did not find any evidence for an olfactory system which is based on odorant receptors in the most basal insect, the jumping bristletail. (sciencedaily.com)