Pseudogenization of a sweet-receptor gene accounts for cats' indifference toward sugar

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 0027-0035

  Li, Xia ^a   Li, Weihua ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Cao, Jie ^a   Maehashi, Kenji ^a   Huang, Liquan ^a   Bachmanov, Alexander A ^a   Reed, Danielle R ^a   Legrand Defretin, Véronique ^b   Beauchamp, Gary K ^a,c   Brand, Joseph G ^a,d,e  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77955615606     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010003     Document Type: Article

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