Diet shapes the evolution of the vertebrate bitter taste receptor gene repertoire

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-309

  Li, Diyan ^a,b   Zhang, Jianzhi ^b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

bitter taste receptor; carnivore; herbivore; omnivore; Tas2r

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BITTER TASTE; DIET; FISH; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR GENE; REPTILE; TAS2R GENE; TASTE BUD; VERTEBRATE;

BITTER TASTE RECEPTOR; CARNIVORE; HERBIVORE; OMNIVORE; TAS2R;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASTE; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84893051272     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst219     Document Type: Article

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