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Diet Shapes the Evolution of the Vertebrate Bitter Taste Receptor Gene Repertoire

Vertebrate Tas2r taste receptors bind to bitter compounds, which are typically poisonous, to elicit bitter sensation to prevent the ingestion of toxins. Previous studies noted a marked variation in the number of Tas2r genes among species, but the underlying cause is unclear. To address this question...

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Hauptverfasser: Li, Diyan, Zhang, Jianzhi
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press 2014
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3907052/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24202612
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mst219
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