Chemosensory Systems in Mammals, Fishes, and Insects

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Korsching, Sigrun. (Editor), Meyerhof, Wolfgang. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 47
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Animal genetics.; Animal Physiology.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Biochemistry.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69919-4

The sense of smell has varied roles in locating food, detecting predators, navigating, and communicating social information, whereas the taste system is focused on decision-making in food intake. The last decade has witnessed massive advances in understanding the molecular logic of chemosensory info...

Table of Contents:

• Extraordinary diversity of chemosensory receptor gene repertoires among vertebrates
• Genomics of Olfactory Receptors
• The molecular evolution of teleost olfactory receptor gene families
• Odorant Receptor Gene Choice and Axonal Projection in the Mouse Olfactory System
• Pheromone sensing in mice
• Molecular Genetic Dissection of the Zebrafish Olfactory System
• Insect olfaction: receptors, signal transduction, and behavior
• Smelling, Tasting, Learning: Drosophila as a Study Case
• The receptor basis of sweet taste in mammals
• Mammalian bitter taste perception
• Orosensory perception of dietary lipids in mammals
• Gustation in Fish: Search for Prototype of Taste Perception.-.