Lowered sensitivity of bitter taste receptors to β-glucosides in bamboo lemurs: an instance of parallel and adaptive functional decline in TAS2R16?

Bitter taste facilitates the detection of potentially harmful substances and is perceived via bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs) expressed on the tongue and oral cavity in vertebrates. In primates, TAS2R16 specifically recognizes β-glucosides, which are important in cyanogenic plants' use of cyani...

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Autores principales: Itoigawa, Akihiro, Fierro, Fabrizio, Chaney, Morgan E., Lauterbur, M. Elise, Hayakawa, Takashi, Tosi, Anthony J., Niv, Masha Y., Imai, Hiroo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
Materias:
Evolution
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33849315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0346

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