Honeybees Can Detect a Variety of Odorants Through Olfactory Receptors

question 59

Multiple Choice

Honeybees can detect a variety of odorants through olfactory receptors on their antennae.You genetically engineer a receptor to be gated by the explosive chemical TNT, and use a transgene to express the receptor in honeybee olfactory neurons.What would this provide to the bee?

• A)the ability to taste TNT
• B)it would have no effect
• C)the ability to smell TNT
• D)the ability to collect TNT molecules

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