Pseudogenization of a Sweet-Receptor Gene Accounts for Cats' Indifference toward Sugar

Although domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) possess an otherwise functional sense of taste, they, unlike most mammals, do not prefer and may be unable to detect the sweetness of sugars. One possible explanation for this behavior is that cats lack the sensory system to taste sugars and therefore...

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Main Authors: Li, Xia, Li, Weihua, Wang, Hong, Cao, Jie, Maehashi, Kenji, Huang, Liquan, Bachmanov, Alexander A, Reed, Danielle R, Legrand-Defretin, Véronique, Beauchamp, Gary K, Brand, Joseph G
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Public Library of Science 2005
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1183522/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16103917
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0010003
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