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Variation in ligand responses of the bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 among New World monkeys.
BMC evolutionary biology - 12 Oct 2016
Tsutsui Kei, Otoh Masahiro, Sakurai Kodama, Suzuki-Hashido Nami, Hayakawa Takashi, Misaka Takumi, Ishimaru Yoshiro, Aureli Filippo, Melin Amanda D, Kawamura Shoji, Imai Hiroo
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BACKGROUND: New World monkeys (NWMs) are unique in that they exhibit remarkable interspecific variation in color vision and feeding behavior, making them an excellent model for studying sensory ecology. However, it is largely unknown whether non-visual senses co-vary with feeding ecology, especially gustation, which is expected to be indispensable in food selection. Bitter taste, which is mediated by bitter taste...
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