Behavioral specificity of the bitter taste gene Soa.

doi:10.1016/s0031-9384(97)00398-3

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Behavioral specificity of the bitter taste gene Soa.

Physiology & behavior - 31 Dec 1997

Boughter J D, Whitney G

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In mice, aversion to the bitter acetylated sugar sucrose octaacetate (SOA) is determined by a single genetic locus with three alleles. SWR/J (SW) inbred mice are SOA tasters: They avoid many compounds characterized as bitter-tasting by humans, at concentrations to which C3HeB/FeJ (C3:SOA demitast...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Female
Food Preferences
Genes
Glycine Agents
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
Strychnine
Taste

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