Honeybees have an incredible ability to distinguish thousands of different odorant molecules, using their large repertoire of olfactory receptors. A wide variety of different types of chemicals can be detected as odorants; they simply require olfactory neurons with a receptor that can bind the chemical and transduce that stimulus into a receptor potential.If genetically engineered bees could express a receptor for TNT in their olfactory neurons, what type of receptor would the TNT receptor be?

A. Chemoreceptor
B. A novel type of receptor
C. Mechanoreceptor
D. Electromagnetic receptor


Answer: A

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