Molecular evidence for the loss of three basic tastes in penguins

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages R141-R142

  Zhao, Huabin ^a,b   Li, Jianwen ^c   Zhang, Jianzhi ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPHENISCIDAE;

AVIAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENGUIN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TASTE;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPHENISCIDAE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84922843655     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.026     Document Type: Letter

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