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Chapter 41, Problem 15TYK
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The inference drawn by scientists after observing a defective gene in the feline family that is used to identify the sweet taste.
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Vertebrates have chemoreceptors that are located in the mouth. These chemoreceptors are present in the form of taste buds. Different types of taste buds are able to detect different types of tastes. About 10,000 taste buds are present in the mouth, throat, and upper roof of the mouth in human beings. In some animals like cats, certain genes that encode for particular taste receptors are missing.
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Chapter 41 Solutions
Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 41.1 - Prob. 1SBCh. 41.1 - Prob. 2SBCh. 41.2 - Prob. 1SBCh. 41.2 - What properties qualify proprioceptors as...Ch. 41.3 - What vibration-detecting systems are found in...Ch. 41.3 - Prob. 2SBCh. 41.4 - For vertebrate photoreception, define: (a)...Ch. 41.5 - How do we distinguish different kinds of smells?Ch. 41.5 - Prob. 2SBCh. 41.6 - Prob. 1SB
Ch. 41.7 - What are three ways electroreceptors are used in...Ch. 41 - An ambulance siren in close proximity to a dog can...Ch. 41 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 41 - Which of the following situations is associated...Ch. 41 - Prob. 4TYKCh. 41 - Prob. 5TYKCh. 41 - The eyes of vertebrates and cephalopods are...Ch. 41 - Which of the following events does not occur...Ch. 41 - Prob. 8TYKCh. 41 - Prob. 9TYKCh. 41 - Prob. 10TYKCh. 41 - Discuss Concepts In owls and many other birds of...Ch. 41 - Prob. 12TYKCh. 41 - Prob. 13TYKCh. 41 - Prob. 14TYKCh. 41 - Prob. 15TYKCh. 41 - Prob. 1ITDCh. 41 - Prob. 2ITDCh. 41 - Prob. 3ITD
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