The evolution of the sweetness receptor in primates

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 121-128

  Glaser, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Evolution; Model of taste qualities; MPA theory; Primates; Sweeteners; Taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882914305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00017-3     Document Type: Chapter

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