Comparative Taste Biology with Special Focus on Birds and Reptiles

Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 957-982

  Rowland, Hannah M ^a   Rockwell Parker, M ^b   Jiang, Peihua ^c   Reed, Danielle R ^c   Beauchamp, Gary K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model systems; Bird responses; Comparative taste biology; Humans model systems; Receptor cells; Reptilian taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019418254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118971758.ch43     Document Type: Chapter

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