Why does the giant panda eat bamboo? A comparative analysis of appetite-reward-related genes among mammals.
<h4>Background</h4>The giant panda has an interesting bamboo diet unlike the other species in the order of Carnivora. The umami taste receptor gene T1R1 has been identified as a pseudogene during its genome sequencing project and confirmed using a different giant panda sample. The estima...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011
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