Researchers in Jena show that chemical information is represented completely differently in the brains of these insects than in other insects or vertebrates
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Female moths primarily use their sense of smell to find the best host plants on which to lay their eggs, with the deterrent effect of caterpillar feces playing an important role
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Natural tobacco mutants impaired in their defenses produce more offspring in years of low herbivore pressure and thus persist in plant populations
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