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No relationship between sequence variation in protein coding regions of the Tas1r3 gene and saccharin preference in rats.
Chemical senses - 1 Mar 2005
Lu Ke, McDaniel Amanda H, Tordoff Michael G, Li Xia, Beauchamp Gary K, Bachmanov Alexander A, VanderWeele Dennis A, Chapman Clinton D, Dess Nancy K, Huang Liquan, Wang Hong, Reed Danielle R
Abstract excerpt
Nearly all mammalian species like sweet-tasting foods and drinks, but there are differences in the degree of 'sweet tooth' both between species and among individuals of the same species. Some individual differences can be explained by genetic variability. Polymorphisms in a sweet taste receptor (Tas1r3) account for a large fraction of the differences in consumption of sweet solutions among inbred mouse strains....
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