Projects funded by the NCN
Effects of feeding specializations on the loss of sweet taste sensation: the case of carnivoran mammals
2012/06/M/NZ8/00189
Keywords:
Carnivora convergence diet DNA evolution feeding behavior feeding ecology feeding specialization natural selection pseudogene pseudogenization sweet taste
Descriptors:
- NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology
- NZ8_2: Ecology
Panel:
NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography
Host institution :
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN
woj. mazowieckie
Principal investigator (from the host institution):
Number of co-investigators in the project: 2
Call: HARMONIA 3 - announced on 2012-06-15
Amount awarded: 287 677 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-05-15
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-05-14
Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Project settled
Information in the final report
- Publication in academic press/journals (2)
- Parallel loss of sweet and umami taste receptor function from phocids and otarioids suggests multiple colonizations of the marine realm by pinnipedsAuthors:Wolsan M., Sato J. J.Academic press:Journal of Biogeography (rok: 2020, tom: 47, strony: 235–249), Wydawca: WileyStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1111/jbi.13749 - link to the publication
- Role of feeding specialization in taste receptor loss: insights from sweet and umami receptor evolution in CarnivoraAuthors:Wolsan M., Sato J. J.Academic press:Chemical Senses (rok: 2022, tom: 47, strony: 45302), Wydawca: Oxford University PressStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1093/chemse/bjac033 - link to the publication