Pseudogenization of a Sweet-Receptor Gene Accounts for Cats' Indifference toward Sugar

• Xia Li,

  Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Weihua Li,

  Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Hong Wang,

  Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Jie Cao,

  Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Kenji Maehashi,

  ¤ Current address: Department of Fermentation Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Liquan Huang,

  Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Alexander A Bachmanov,

  Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Danielle R Reed,

  Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Véronique Legrand-Defretin,

  Affiliation The WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

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• Gary K Beauchamp,

  Affiliations Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America , Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences and Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Joseph G Brand

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: brand@monell.org

  Affiliations Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America , Department of Biochemistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America , Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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