Common Sense about Taste: From Mammals to Insects

The sense of taste is a specialized chemosensory system dedicated to the evaluation of food and drink. Despite the fact that vertebrates and insects have independently evolved distinct anatomic and molecular pathways for taste sensation, there are clear parallels in the organization and coding logic...

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Published in:Cell 2009-10, Vol.139 (2), p.234-244
Main Authors: Yarmolinsky, David A., Zuker, Charles S., Ryba, Nicholas J.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Chemoreceptor Cells - physiology
Insecta - physiology
Mammals - physiology
Taste
Taste Buds - physiology
Tongue - cytology
Tongue - physiology
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Summary:The sense of taste is a specialized chemosensory system dedicated to the evaluation of food and drink. Despite the fact that vertebrates and insects have independently evolved distinct anatomic and molecular pathways for taste sensation, there are clear parallels in the organization and coding logic between the two systems. There is now persuasive evidence that tastant quality is mediated by labeled lines, whereby distinct and strictly segregated populations of taste receptor cells encode each of the taste qualities.
ISSN:0092-8674
1097-4172
DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2009.10.001