Molecular mechanism of the tree shrew’s insensitivity to spiciness

Spicy foods elicit a pungent or hot and painful sensation that repels almost all mammals. Here, we observe that the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis), which possesses a close relationship with primates and can directly and actively consume spicy plants. Our genomic and functional analyses reve...

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Autores principales: Han, Yalan, Li, Bowen, Yin, Ting-Ting, Xu, Cheng, Ombati, Rose, Luo, Lei, Xia, Yujie, Xu, Lizhen, Zheng, Jie, Zhang, Yaping, Yang, Fan, Wang, Guo-Dong, Yang, Shilong, Lai, Ren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30001322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2004921

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30001322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2004921

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