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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

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Mieczysław Wolsan 

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

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. Parallel loss of sweet and umami taste receptor function from phocids and otarioids suggests multiple colonizations of the marine realm by pinnipeds
    Authors:
    Wolsan M., Sato J. J.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Biogeography (rok: 2020, tom: 47, strony: 235–249), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/jbi.13749 - link to the publication
  2. Role of feeding specialization in taste receptor loss: insights from sweet and umami receptor evolution in Carnivora
    Authors:
    Wolsan M., Sato J. J.
    Academic press:
    Chemical Senses (rok: 2022, tom: 47, strony: 45302), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/chemse/bjac033 - link to the publication