Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 432-436

  Fischer, Anne ^a   Gilad, Yoav ^b   Man, Orna ^c   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bitter taste receptors; Pseudogene; Selective constraint

Indexed keywords

DNA;

APE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOGENE; RECEPTOR GENE; TASTE BUD;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 14544295509     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi027     Document Type: Article

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