Receptor Polymorphism and Genomic Structure Interact to Shape Bitter Taste Perception.

The ability to taste bitterness evolved to safeguard most animals, including humans, against potentially toxic substances, thereby leading to food rejection. Nonetheless, bitter perception is subject to individual variations due to the presence of genetic functional polymorphisms in bitter taste rec...

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Main Authors: Natacha Roudnitzky, Maik Behrens, Anika Engel, Susann Kohl, Sophie Thalmann, Sandra Hübner, Kristina Lossow, Stephen P Wooding, Wolfgang Meyerhof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4583475?pdf=render