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A common polygenic basis for quinine and PROP avoidance in mice.
Chemical senses - 1 Jun 1998
Harder D B, Whitney G
Abstract excerpt
Inbred strains of mice (Mus musculus) differ greatly in ability to taste various bitter compounds. For some compounds, the differences result from allelic variation at a single locus. However, segregation patterns incompatible with monogenic inheritance have been found for quinine avoidance. The Soa bitter sensitivity locus exerts some influence on this phenotype, but an unknown number of other loci also...
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