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Diversification and adaptive evolution of putative sweet taste receptors in threespine stickleback.
Gene - 1 Jul 2007
Hashiguchi Yasuyuki, Furuta Yoshimi, Kawahara Ryouka, Nishida Mutsumi
Abstract excerpt
The threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus is known to include several morphologically and ecologically divergent forms. Its phenotypic traits related to feeding vary among forms, and are considered to be a result of adaptations to various environments to find foods effectively. To examine whether the diversification of feeding modes in the stickleback involves genetic changes of the sense of taste, taste...
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