... 2011 © 2011. 2011 associative learning Chagas disease host selection haematophagous Triatominae The ability of insects as disease vectors to learn and remember could have important consequences in the epidemiology of the diseases that they transmit. These abilities could improve...

... Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytinae single-sensillum recording olfactory receptor neuron colocalization co-compartmentalization host selection blend discrimination Most essential insect behaviors, such as mate finding and host location, are guided by odors. In nature, insects rarely encounter...

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