Enantioselectivity of odor perception in honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica)
Enantioselectivity of odor perception in honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica)
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DOI：
10.1037/0735-7044.115.3.632
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发表时间：
2001-06-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Galizia, CG
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作者：
Laska, M;Galizia, CG
作者测试了60只自由飞行的蜜蜂（Apis mellifera carnica）从26种同时存在的物质中区分调节气味的能力。刺激物包括10对对映体和6种精油。蜜蜂（a）在所测试的540种气味对中的98%之间显著区分，因此显示出优异的总体区分性能，并且（B）能够区分柠檬烯、α-蒎烯、β-香茅醇、薄荷醇和香芹酮的光学异构体，但不能区分α-松油醇、樟脑、玫瑰醚、小茴香酮的（+）-和（-）-形式，和2-丁醇。研究结果支持的假设，对映体选择性分子气味受体可能只存在一些挥发性的对映体，昆虫和哺乳动物可能有共同的原则气味质量感知，无论其完全不同的剧目的嗅觉受体。
The authors tested the ability of 60 free-flying honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica) to discriminate a conditioning odor from an array of 26 simultaneously presented substances. The stimuli included 10 pairs of enantiomers and 6 essential oils. The bees (a) significantly distinguished between 98% of the 540 odor pairs tested, thus showing an excellent overall discrimination performance, and (b) were able to discriminate between the optical isomers of limonene, alpha -pinene, beta -citronellol, menthol, and carvone but failed to distinguish between the (+)- and (-)- forms of alpha -terpineol, camphor, rose oxide, fenchone, and 2-butanol. The findings support the assumptions that enantioselective molecular odor receptors may exist only for some volatile enantiomers and that insects and mammals may share common principles of odor quality perception, irrespective of their completely differing repertoires of olfactory receptors.