Evolution of a Bitter Taste Receptor Gene Cluster in a New World Sparrow

Bitter taste perception likely evolved as a protective mechanism against the ingestion of harmful compounds in food. The evolution of the taste receptor type 2 (TAS2R) gene family, which encodes the chemoreceptors that are directly responsible for the detection of bitter compounds, has therefore bee...

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Autores principales: Davis, Jamie K., Lowman, Josh J., Thomas, Pamela J., ten Hallers, Boudewijn F. H., Koriabine, Maxim, Huynh, Lynn Y., Maney, Donna L., de Jong, Pieter J., Martin, Christa L., Thomas, James W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2010
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2942037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20624740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evq027

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2942037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20624740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evq027

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