TAS2R20 variants confer dietary adaptation to high‐quercitrin bamboo leaves in Qinling giant pandas

Abstract Sensitivity to bitter tastes provides animals with an important means of interacting with their environment and thus, influences their dietary preferences. Genetic variants encoding functionally distinct receptor types contribute to variation in bitter taste sensitivity. Our previous study...

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Main Authors: Xiangxu Hu, Guan Wang, Lei Shan, Shuyan Sun, Yibo Hu, Fuwen Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-06-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6327