ArticleBiology letters2019
Functional divergence of bitter taste receptors in a nectar-feeding bird.
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- Taste receptors and their ecological niches: cats, dogs, and other vertebrates.Chemical senses · 2025Review
- Rapid expansion and specialization of the TAS2R bitter taste receptor family in amphibians.PLoS genetics · 2025Article
- The Remarkable Diversity of Vertebrate Bitter Taste Receptors: Recent Advances in Genomic and Functional Studies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Relationships between Bitter Taste Receptor Gene Evolution, Diet, and Gene Repertoire in Primates.Genome biology and evolution · 2024Article
- The evolution of bitter taste receptor gene in primates: Gene duplication and selection.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- The avian taste system.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- Functional Diversity and Evolution of Bitter Taste Receptors in Egg-Laying Mammals.Molecular biology and evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
Nectar may contain many secondary metabolites that are commonly toxic and bitter-tasting. It has been hypothesized that such bitter-tasting secondary metabolites might keep the nectar exclusive to only a few pollinators. To test this hypothesis, we examined functional changes of bitter taste receptor genes (
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