Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A simple sense organ of an arthropod or other invertebrate that consists of one cell or a few cells and may take the form of a hair or bristle.
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- noun Any of several
sensory organs in someinsects
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Long sensillum is highly efficient directional end aperature antenna and has 4x amplification.
Chapter 5 1990
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To test whether Go dependent signaling is involved in mediating olfactory responses in Drosophila, we analyzed electroantennogram and single-sensillum recordings from flies that conditionally express pertussis toxin, a specific inhibitor of Go in Drosophila.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Abhishek Chatterjee 2009
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To test whether Go dependent signaling is involved in mediating olfactory responses in Drosophila, we analyzed electroantennogram and single-sensillum recordings from flies that conditionally express pertussis toxin, a specific inhibitor of Go in Drosophila.
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To test whether Go dependent signaling is involved in mediating olfactory responses in Drosophila, we analyzed electroantennogram and single-sensillum recordings from flies that conditionally express pertussis toxin, a specific inhibitor of Go in Drosophila.
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To test whether Go dependent signaling is involved in mediating olfactory responses in Drosophila, we analyzed electroantennogram and single-sensillum recordings from flies that conditionally express pertussis toxin, a specific inhibitor of Go in Drosophila.
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