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SUBMITTER: Li X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148117 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
iScience 20230407 5
Increasing pollution of heavy metals poses great risks to animals globally. Their survival likely relies on an ability to detect and avoid harmful heavy metal ions (HMIs). Currently, little is known about the neural mechanisms of HMI detection. Here, we show that <i>Drosophila</i> and related species of <i>Drosophilidae</i> actively avoid toxic HMIs at micromolar concentrations. The high sensitivity to HMIs is biologically relevant. Particularly, their sensitivity to cadmium is as high as that t ...[more]