Birds generally carry a small repertoire of bitter taste receptor genes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2705-2715

  Wang, Kai ^a   Zhao, Huabin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Birds; Bitter taste; Diet; Feeding ecology; Tas2r

Indexed keywords

AVIAN PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 2;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; TASTE;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BIRDS; DIET; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TASTE;

EID: 84953888307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv180     Document Type: Article

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