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SPOTLIGHT Oct. 23, 2006 UC Davis Scientists’ Groundbreaking Research: Mate-Attracting Chemicals Female and male silkworm moths (Photo by Samuel Woo, UC Davis Mediaworks) DAVIS—It’s all about “the birds and the bees.” And now, “the silkworm moths and the fruit flies.” A chemical ecologist and a genetics researcher at the University of California, Davis, have joined forces to trick fruit flies into thinking that silkworm moths are potential mates. Groundbreaking research in the labs of chemical ecologist Walter Leal and genetics researcher Deborah Kimbrell shows that genetically engineered fruit flies responded to the silkworm moth scent of a female. The practical implications of the findings could be widespread. Methods that can attract or repel insects have important applications for agricultural pests and medical entomology.  The research could lead to designing better chemicals to attract insects and designing better chemicals to suppress insect communication. That is because insects communicate or smell through their antennae.    -more- Back to top   News ~ In the News ~ News Tips ~ Related News Contact: Kathy Keatley Garvey Communications UC Mosquito Research Program Department of Entomology 396 Briggs Hall University of California, Davis Davis, CA 95616 Phone: (530) 754-6894 E-mail: kegarvey@ucdavis.edu

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