News Finding: Perception of the pheromone bombykol, however, remained highly sensitive in domesticated males.
Paper Finding: Remarkably, the response profiles of the hybrid females resembled the profiles of their respective mothers: mother-mandarina hybrids reacted like wild females, especially regarding their high EAG amplitudes after stimulation with (+)-linalool, whereas mother-mori hybrids reacted like domesticated females ( figure 2d,f ) .
News Context: Perception of the pheromone bombykol, however, remained highly sensitive in domesticated males. Bombyx mori males' are highly sensitive to even a few molecules of the female attractant, and the sensilla on their antennae are easily accessible for electrodes. This made them an ideal model system for electrophysiological measurements to analyse their olfactory functions.
Paper Context: In females, however, we observed a clear difference between the two hybrids. Remarkably, the response profiles of the hybrid females resembled the profiles of their respective mothers: mother-mandarina hybrids reacted like wild females, especially regarding their high EAG amplitudes after stimulation with (+)-linalool, whereas mother-mori hybrids reacted like domesticated females ( figure 2d,f ) . The analysis revealed that mother-mandarina hybrid females group together with B. mandarina females, whereas the other types cluster densely in a second group.