Behavioural and Genetic Evidence for C. elegans' Ability to Detect Volatile Chemicals Associated with Explosives

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Chunyan Liao,

Affiliation CSIRO Entomology and CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Andrew Gock,

Affiliation CSIRO Entomology and CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Michelle Michie,

Affiliation CSIRO Entomology and CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Bethany Morton,

Affiliation CSIRO Entomology and CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Alisha Anderson,

Affiliation CSIRO Entomology and CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Stephen Trowell

* E-mail: Stephen.Trowell@csiro.au

Affiliation CSIRO Entomology and CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Competing interests declared: I am the senior author of this article

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Olfactory receptor neurons
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Ethanol
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