Drosophila melanogaster prefers compounds perceived sweet by humans

Chemical Senses

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-309

  Gordesky Gold, Beth ^a   Rivers, Natasha ^a   Ahmed, Osama M ^a   Breslin, Paul A S ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative taste; Convergent evolution; Detection; High potency sweeteners; Ingestion; Taste

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR; SUGAR ALCOHOL; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD; TASTE PREFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; REFLEX; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; PLATYRRHINI; RODENTIA;

EID: 41049111964     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm088     Document Type: Article

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