Sensing marine biomolecules: smell, taste, and the evolutionary transition from aquatic to terrestrial life

Sensing marine biomolecules: smell, taste, and the evolutionary transition from aquatic to terrestrial life

The usual definition of smell and taste as distance and contact forms of chemoreception, respectively, has resulted in the belief that, during the shift from aquatic to terrestrial life, odorant receptors (ORs) were selected mainly to recognize airborne hydrophobic ligands, instead of the hydrophili...

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Main Authors: Ernesto eMollo, Angelo eFontana, Vassilios eRoussis, Gianluca ePolese, Pietro eAmodeo, Michael T Ghiselin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Chemistry
Subjects:
Solubility
Olfaction
volatility
gustation
odorant receptors
terpenoids
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fchem.2014.00092/full

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