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Ji-Eun Ahn, Hubert Amrein

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
    |October 31, 2023
    PubMed
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    果味觉受体 (Grs) 通常会发出类似化学物质的信号. 然而,Drosophila幼虫中的Gr28亚系检测到各种化合物,触发相反的养行为并显示出价值信号. 这是第一个具有成员调解相反行为的Gr子家族.

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