Researchers find gene critical to sense of smell in fruit fly
Fruit flies don't have noses, but a huge part of their brains is dedicated to processing smells. Flies probably rely on the sense of smell more than any other sense for essential activities such as finding mates and avoiding danger....
Source: PhysOrg - Thursday, 19 January
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